دَلّindicate

Example sentences

• حبه وَالله رَأس الحنيفة وبغضه يدل على خبث الطوية

  His love is by Allah the essence of Hanifiyyah, and his hatred indicates wickedness of heart.

  يَدُلُّ — it indicates. A doubled-root verb, its last two identical consonants fused under a doubling mark, meaning 'points to, is evidence of'. It takes its target with the preposition 'on' that follows, and its subject 'it' (the hatred) is built in.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →

• فاجتمعنا إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال إنه لم يكن نبي قبلي إلا كان حقاً عليه أن يدل أمته على خير ما يعلمه لهم،

  We gathered to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and he said: "There was no prophet before me except that it was his duty to guide his nation to the best of what he knew for them,"

  يَدُلَّ — to guide. A present-tense verb in the subjunctive ending required by the 'that' before it, so it reads as 'to guide'. The 'he' doer is inside the form; the subjunctive shape is the audible mark that this action is the content of the duty, not a free-standing event.

  From: A Prophet Warns His People →

• وكل من ذلك آية من آيات الله تعالى الدالة على ربوبيته

  And each of these is a sign of the signs of Allah, the Exalted, indicating His Lordship.

  الدَّالَّةُ — indicating. An active participle 'the one indicating', a describing word built from a verb, attached to the signs. It agrees with them in definiteness, taking its own 'the', and links them to what they point to.

  From: Oaths of Provision →