اِجْعَلْmake

Example sentences

• وَإِذا أنسوا بأحبابهم فَاجْعَلْ أنسك بِاللَّه

  If they find comfort in their loved ones, make your comfort in God.

  فَاجْعَلْ — so make. The command 'make/place', a verb that takes two objects, setting one thing as another. Here it will make 'your comfort' rest 'in God'; the bare ending is the imperative shape.

  From: Contentment with What God Wills →

• فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَهُ فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا،

  She said, "O Allah, make my son like him." Then he left her breast,

  إِجْعَلْ — make. A bare command-form verb, 'make', here aimed at God as a plea rather than an order. The command shape strips the verb to its shortest form; in prayer it carries the sense 'please make'.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهَا

  Then he said, "O Allah, make me like her."

  اِجْعَلْنِي — make me. A bare command-form 'make' aimed at God as a plea, with '-ni' (me) attached. The command shape strips the verb down; the suffix turns the prayer onto himself -- make ME (like her).

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• وَاِجْعَلْنِي رَفِيقًا لَهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ

  Make me a companion to them and let me be with them.

  وَاِجْعَلْنِي — and make me. The wa- joins another petition, and the verb it carries is a command 'make/render' with the object -ni ('me') on the end (with the cushioning -n-). So one word is 'and make me'. This verb expects a second complement, the role to make me into, which follows.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا بَيْتًا مَحْجُوجًا وَحَرَمًا آمِنًا،

  And make for us a well-protected house and a safe sanctuary,

  وَاجْعَلْ — and make. Front wa- is the joiner 'and'; the rest is a command-form verb, the shape used to make a request or order ('make!'). In a prayer this command directed at God works as a plea, and the addressee 'You' is built into the verb shape itself.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →