تَوَضَّأَperformed ablution in Arabic

Example sentences

• أَبُو مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيُّ، أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ،

  Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported that he performed ablution in his house, then he went out.

  تَوَضَّأَ — performed ablution. A past verb of the reflexive pattern (an action done to oneself), here 'he performed his own ablution'. The shape of the verb itself signals the do-it-to-yourself sense, with a built-in 'he'.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →

• فَتَوَضَّأَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ،

  Then he performed ablution, and then I rose to him.

  فَتَوَضَّأَ — then he performed ablution. The fa- ('then') chains this to the prior action; the verb is the reflexive-pattern past 'he performed ablution on himself', its shape signalling the action is done to oneself. A built-in 'he' is the doer.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →

• فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى ثُمَّ أَتَى الْغُلَامَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَبُوكَ يَا غُلَامُ

  He performed ablution and prayed, then he went to the boy and said, "Who is your father, O boy?"

  فَتَوَضَّأَ — so he performed ablution. The fa- restarts the storyline with Jurayj's own response -- 'so he performed ablution' -- the verb carrying its 'he' subject inside. Its reflexive shape means he did the washing to/for himself.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →