يَتَوَضَّأُperform ablution (wudu)

Example sentences

• بَلَغَ مِنْ بِرِّهِ بِأَبِيهِ أَنَّ يَحْيَى كَانَ لاَ يَتَوَضَّأُ إِلَّا بِالْمَاءِ الْحَارِّ،

  His dutifulness toward his father reached such a degree that Yahya would not perform ritual ablution except with hot water.

  يَتَوَضَّأُ — he performs ritual ablution. This present-shape verb carries its 'he' subject inside it and supplies the action inside the 'used to' frame set up earlier. Sitting under the past 'was' and the habitual 'not', it describes a repeated past practice, not a present one. The reflexive-style pattern of the verb marks it as something one does to oneself, here a self-performed washing.

  From: A Son Protecting His Father →

• ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ وَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ أَخِيَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَلْحَقُنِي،

  Then I returned and sat down, having left my brother performing ablution and about to catch up with me.

  يَتَوَضَّأُ — he is performing ablution. A present-tense verb of the reflexive pattern, 'performing his own ablution', describing the brother's ongoing state when left. Arabic uses the present to paint this simultaneous activity.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →