اشْفَعintercede

Example sentences

• اذهبوا إلى إبراهيم فيأتون إبراهيم فيقولون يا إبراهيم أنت نبي الله وخليله من أهل الأرض اشفع لنا إلى ربك، ألا ترى ما نحن فيه؟

  Go to Abraham, so they go to him and say: "O Abraham, you are the Prophet of Allah and His intimate friend from the people of the earth. Intercede for us with your Lord. Do you not see the state we are in?"

  اشْفَعْ — intercede. A bare command directed at one person, telling Abraham to intercede; the imperative shape itself carries the 'you (do it)' without any pronoun. It pivots the address from praise into a request.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• اذهبوا إلى موسى، فيأتون موسى، فيقولون يا موسى أنت رسول الله فضلك الله برسالاته وبكلامه على الناس، اشفع لنا إلى ربك ألا ترى ما نحن فيه؟

  Go to Moses, so they go to him and say: "O Moses, you are the Messenger of Allah. Allah favored you with His messages and His words over the people. Intercede for us with your Lord. Do you not see the state we are in?"

  اشْفَعْ — intercede. A bare singular command, the imperative shape carrying its own 'you (do it)' with no pronoun, asking Moses to intercede. It turns the praise into the actual request.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →