بَايَعpledge allegiance

Example sentences

• ومن بايع إماماً فأعطاه صفقة يده، وثمرة قلبه، فليطعه إن استطاع،

  And whoever gives allegiance to an Imam, giving him a handshake and sincerity of his heart, let him obey him if he is able,

  بَايَعَ — gives allegiance. A past-tense verb in the mutual pattern, 'he pledged allegiance', with 'he' built in, serving as the condition tied to 'whoever'. The reciprocal pattern fits a two-sided pledge between the giver and the leader; in this conditional frame the past shape reads generally.

  From: A Prophet Warns His People →