Arabic vocabulary
يَطْلُبُ is how you say “pursues” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
فيطلبه فيهلكه،
He will pursue him and destroy him.
فَيَطْلُبُهُ — will pursue him. This is 'so' plus a present verb 'pursues / seeks' with '-hu' = 'him' — 'so He will pursue him' (Jesus after the Dajjal). Verb, subject, and object ride in one word. The future is carried by the present tense.
From: The Return of Jesus →ولكن العاقل لا يطلب السلامة من التكليف، بل يطلب التوفيق للقيام به
But the wise person does not seek freedom from obligation; rather, he seeks guidance to fulfill it.
يَطْلُبُ — he seeks. A present-tense verb, 'seeks', carrying its own 'he' subject, denied by the negation before it. The present shape makes it a standing habit of the wise.
From: Facing God's Tests →ولكن العاقل لا يطلب السلامة من التكليف، بل يطلب التوفيق للقيام به
But the wise person does not seek freedom from obligation; rather, he seeks guidance to fulfill it.
يَطْلُبُ — he seeks. A present-tense verb, 'seeks', repeated for the positive side of the contrast, carrying its own 'he' subject. The repetition sets the right pursuit against the wrong one.
From: Facing God's Tests →فَإِنَّهُ يَطْلُبُ الْهُبُوطَ؛
For it seeks to descend.
يَطْلُبُ — seeks. A present-tense verb with its 'he/it' subject built into the 'ya-' prefix, so no separate subject word is needed. It is active voice, the water itself doing the seeking, and it carries the main action of this short clause.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →OpenArabic teaches words like يَطْلُبُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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