سَاجِدًاin prostration

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُ رَبَّيَّ وَقَعْتُ سَاجِدًا،

  Then I return, and when I see my Lord, I fall down in prostration.

  سَاجِدًا — in prostration. This is a participle, a verb turned into a describing word, and its -an ending puts it in the manner slot: it tells HOW the falling happened, in a state of prostration. English would add 'in' or '-ing'; Arabic instead uses this accusative shape to attach the manner straight onto the action.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُ رَبِّي وَقَعْتُ سَاجِدًا،

  Then I return, and when I see my Lord I fall prostrate.

  سَاجِدًا — prostrate. A participle, a verb made into a describing word, with its -an ending placing it in the manner slot: it states HOW the falling happened, in prostration. Arabic uses this accusative shape to fasten the manner directly onto the action where English would add 'in' or an '-ing' phrase.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• فأنطلق، فأتي تحت العرش، فأقع ساجداً لربي، ثم يفتح الله علي من محامده،

  So I set out, I come beneath the Throne and fall prostrate before my Lord; then God opens to me some of His praiseworthy attributes.

  ساجداً — prostrate. A descriptive word in the object form used to tell the manner of the falling, 'falling (while) prostrate'; the special ending is what marks it as describing how, not as a thing acted on. It colours the verb.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →