يَنْظُرlook

Example sentences

• إن الله لا ينظر إلى أجسادكم، ولا إلى صوركم، ولكن ينظر إلى قلوبكم وأعمالكم

  Indeed, Allah does not look at your bodies, nor at your appearances, but He looks at your hearts and deeds.

  يَنْظُرُ — He looks. A present-tense verb, 'he looks', with the 'he' subject built into its shape and referring to God. The plain present form here states a general truth about what God does and does not regard.

  From: Avoid Envy and Suspicion →

• إن الله لا ينظر إلى أجسادكم، ولا إلى صوركم، ولكن ينظر إلى قلوبكم وأعمالكم

  Indeed, Allah does not look at your bodies, nor at your appearances, but He looks at your hearts and deeds.

  يَنْظُرُ — He looks. A present-tense verb, 'he looks', repeated to mark the positive side of the contrast, with the 'he' subject inside the form referring to God. The repetition mirrors the earlier denied looking, now affirmed toward different objects.

  From: Avoid Envy and Suspicion →

• فينظر اليهم بعين المقت وأن المسلمين يلحنون،

  so he views them with an eye of disdain and that the Muslims make mistakes in recitation,

  يَنْظُرُ — he views. A present-tense verb meaning he looks, with the 'he' subject built in. It governs the following 'at them' phrase, and it needs that preposition to complete the sense of looking at someone.

  From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →

• العاقل ينظر في العواقب،

  The wise person considers the consequences,

  يَنْظُرُ — he considers. A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, describing an ongoing habit. Arabic needs no separate 'he'; the doer is encoded in the verb's prefix and shape, so one word carries both subject and action.

  From: Think Before You Act →

• ولا ينظر إلى ما يؤول إليه حاله

  and does not consider what his situation will lead to.

  يَنْظُرُ — he considers. A present-tense verb with 'he' built in, meaning he does not consider. Paired with the earlier negation it states an ongoing failure to look ahead; the subject is encoded in the verb itself.

  From: Think Before You Act →