تَجْعَلْmake

Example sentences

• اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ العَهْدِ مِنْ هَذَا المَكَانِ

  O Allah, do not make this my last visit to this place.

  تَجْعَلْهُ — make it. A present-tense verb clipped into the command mood by the preceding 'do not', forming a negative plea 'do not make'. A 'it' object is attached, so the word carries both the verb and what it acts upon.

  From: Silence and Supplication →

• وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى الرَّاكِبِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ

  And he turned toward the rider and said, "O Allah, do not make me like him."

  تَجْعَلْنِي — make me. A present-shape verb clipped by the preceding 'do not', with '-ni' (me) attached as object. The clipping marks the negative wish, and the suffix turns the general prayer onto himself -- do not make ME like him.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →