بَلَغَكَreaches you

Example sentences

• وَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ أَنْ فَقِيرًا اِسْتَغْنَى فَصَدِّقْ،

  And if it reaches you that a poor man has become wealthy, then believe it.

  بلغك — it reaches you. A past-tense verb with an attached 'you' as its object, so the reaching-of-news lands on the listener and the recipient is folded into the word. Used inside a condition, its past shape reads as a present supposition. One unit holds the action and whom it reaches.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• وَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ أَنَّ حَيًّا مَاتَ فَصَدِّقْ،

  And if it reaches you that a living person has died, then believe it.

  بَلَغَكَ — it reaches you. A past-tense verb with an attached 'you' as its object, the news reaching the listener, with the recipient folded into one word. Sitting in a condition, its past form carries a hypothetical 'should it reach you' sense. Action and recipient travel together.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →