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أَذِنَ permit in Arabic

أَذِنَ is how you say “permit” in Arabic.

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فإذا أَذِنَ العبدُ لعدوه، وفتح له باب بيته، وأدخله عليه، ومَكَّنه من السلاح يقاتله به، فهو المَلُوم

If the servant permits his enemy, opens the door of his house for him, lets him in, and enables him with weaponry to fight him, then he is to blame.

أَذِنَ he permits

A past-tense verb 'gave permission / allowed', its subject coming next. The first of the servant's self-defeating acts.

From How Satan Exploits Weakness

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More example sentences

فَأَذِنَ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ،

So he gave him permission, and then he entered.

فَأَذِنَ so he permitted

The fa- marks consequence, 'so', tying this to the request just made: permission asked, so permission given. The past verb carries its own 'he', here the one inside (Abu Bakr) granting it; the joiner shows result, not a list.

From The Secret Migration

فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَأَقْبَلُوا، فَاسْتَأْذَنُوا فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ،

So I came to them and called to them; they came forward, asked permission, and he granted it to them.

فَأَذِنَ so he permitted

Begins with 'so/then'; a past verb 'permitted' with 'he' built in, the one granting being the Prophet; the beneficiary is given by the 'to them' that follows. The connector marks the granting as the next step. Arabic supplies the beneficiary with a separate preposition phrase.

From Generosity to the Poor

ثُمَّ قَالَ ائِذْنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ،

Then he said, "Allow ten," and he permitted them.

فَأَذِنَ so he permitted

The fa- delivers the result -- 'so he gave leave' -- the verb carrying its 'he'. It frames the granting as the immediate upshot of the order to allow ten.

From The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty

ثُمَّ قَالَ ائْذَنْ لِعَشَرَةٍ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا،

Then he said, "Permit ten." He permitted them, and they ate until they were full, then they went out.

فَأَذِنَ then he permitted

The fa- delivers the granting -- 'so he gave leave' -- the verb carrying its 'he'. The fa- marks the permission as the immediate result of the order.

From The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty

ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لِعَشَرَةٍ، فَأَكَلَ الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمْ وَشَبِعُوا،

Then he permitted ten, and all the people ate and were satisfied.

أَذِنَ he permitted

A past 'he permitted', its 'he' inside, the Prophet admitting the last ten. With no prefix it stands as the plain next action after 'then'.

From The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty

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