رَوِّحُواrefresh

Example sentences

• وقال علي بن أبي طالب روحوا القلوب واطلبوا لها طرف الحكمة فإنها تمل كما تمل الأبدان

  Ali ibn Abi Talib said, 'Refresh the hearts and seek for them a portion of wisdom, for they get weary as bodies get weary.'

  رَوِّحُوا — you refresh. A plural command, 'you all refresh'. The -u ending on the imperative marks that more than one person is being told to act; Arabic shows who is commanded by the verb's ending rather than by a separate 'you'.

  From: Reviving the Heart →

• وعن أسامة بن زيد قال روحوا القلوب تعي الذكر

  Usama ibn Zaid said, 'Refresh the hearts so they may retain remembrance.'

  رَوِّحُوا — you refresh. A plural command 'you all refresh', the -u ending marking the order to a group.

  From: Reviving the Heart →