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أَطَاعَ obey in Arabic

أَطَاعَ is how you say “obey” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

مَا علمت أَن أحدا سمع بِالْجنَّةِ وَالنَّار تَأتي عَلَيْهِ سَاعَة لَا يُطِيع الله فِيهَا بذكرا وَصَلَاة أَو قراة أَو إِحْسَان

I have not known anyone who has heard of Paradise and Hell to have an hour pass without obeying God through remembrance, prayer, reading, or charity.

يُطِيعُ obeying

A present verb, 'he obeys', subject built in. Negated just before, it means 'he does not obey', and the whole forms the relative description of that hour.

From Contentment with What God Wills

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والضعيف فيكم القوي عندي حتى آخذ له الحق، أطيعوني ما أطعت الله فإذا عصيت الله فلا طاعة لي عليكم

And the weak among you is strong to me until I take his right for him. Obey me as long as I obey Allah. If I disobey Allah, then you owe me no obedience.

أَطِيعُونِي Obey me

A plural command, 'obey me', with the attached -ni (me) as its object; the plural ending shows it is addressed to the whole audience. It opens the conditional pledge that follows.

From Obedience to God and Authority

والضعيف فيكم القوي عندي حتى آخذ له الحق، أطيعوني ما أطعت الله فإذا عصيت الله فلا طاعة لي عليكم

And the weak among you is strong to me until I take his right for him. Obey me as long as I obey Allah. If I disobey Allah, then you owe me no obedience.

أَطَعْتُ I obey

A past-tense verb carrying its 'I' subject in the ending; under the 'as long as' before it, the past form expresses an ongoing condition, 'as long as I keep obeying'. The ending is what marks the speaker as the doer.

From Obedience to God and Authority

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