يُصَلِّيpray

Example sentences

• أَحَدُهُمَا الْعَبَّاسُ لِصَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ، وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ،

  One of them, Al-Abbas, performed the noon prayer, and Abu Bakr led the people in prayer.

  يُصَلِّي — he leads in prayer. A present-tense verb, 'he leads in prayer', with 'he' built into it; the doubled middle consonant marks the causative 'cause-to-pray, lead' pattern. It describes the ongoing action of leading.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• قَالَ فَجَعَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ يَأْتَمُّ بِصَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  He said: Abu Bakr then led the prayer while following the Prophet's prayer.

  يُصَلِّي — he prays. A present-tense verb, 'he prays/leads', with 'he' built in; placed after the 'began' verb it names the action he set about. The ongoing present suits the continuous praying.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• كَانَ يُصَلِّي، فَجَاءَتْهُ أُمُّهُ فَدَعَتْهُ،

  He was praying, then his mother came to him and called him.

  يُصَلِّي — praying. This is a present-shape verb supplying the action that the preceding 'was' frames as already in progress. Arabic pairs a past 'to be' with a present-shape verb to build the 'was doing' meaning, so its present form here reads as background, not as something happening now.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →