اِعْرِفُونِيrecognize me

Example sentences

• والتهوع بالتسهيل، وأتى بكل خلاف ونادى على نفسه أنا أبو فلان فاعرفوني فإني عارف بالسبع

  He put on an ostentatious display of making things easy, entered every dispute, and cried out about his self, "I am the father of so-and-so; recognize me, for I know of the seven."

  فَاعْرِفُونِي — so recognize me. This fronts fa- 'so' onto a plural command verb 'recognize!', with 'me' attached as its object. The command form (no person-prefix, plural ending) is how Arabic gives an order to a group, and the fused 'me' is whom they are told to acknowledge. The fa- draws the order as the upshot of the boast - 'so [therefore] recognize me'.

  From: Sincere Worship →