رَدَّreject

Example sentences

• وَإِن ردّها فلكون مثلهَا لَا يصلح أَن يواجه بِهِ

  And if He rejects it, it is because something like it is not fit to be presented to Him.

  رَدَّهَا — He rejects it. Past-tense verb 'returned, rejected', 'he' form; the ending '-ha' adds 'it' — 'He rejected it'.

  From: Returning to God →

• ردّه إلى طين التواضع، واغسله بعملٍ لا يراه أحد

  Return it to the clay of humility, and wash it with a deed seen by no one.

  رُدَّهُ — return it. Command 'rudd' = 'send back!, return!'; '-hu' = 'it', so 'return it'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• فَرَدَّ غُرَبَهُ

  So it repelled its oddities.

  فَرَدَّ — so it repelled. 'fa-' = 'so'; past-tense verb, subject 'it' built in.

  From: Intellect and Faith →

• وتقول الحمدُ لله فتَرُدُّ الفضلَ إلى المُنعِم وتسدُّ بابَ الكِبر

  And you say: 'All praise is due to Allah' and return the credit to the bestower and close the door to arrogance.

  فَتَرُدُّ — and return. 'and you return' — 'fa' of result plus present 'you give back', subject 'you' inside. The doubled final is the root shape; the 'fa' ties returning credit to the praise just said.

  From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →

• وفيه قول ثالث قال مقاتل إن شئت رددته من الكبر إلى الشباب ومن الشباب إلى الصبا إلى النطفة

  And there is a third opinion by Muqatil, who said that if He wills, He can return him from old age to youth, from youth to childhood, and to the sperm-drop.

  رَدَدْتَهُ — you could return him. This is a completed-action verb 'you returned him' carrying an attached 'him' object, the result of the condition. Inside the if-frame it means 'you could return him'. The verb holds its 'you' subject inside and the object on its end.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →

• وَالَّذِي رَدَّتْ عَلَيَّ أُمُّ سَلَمَةِ،

  And Umm Salamah answered me,

  رَدَّتْ — she answered. A past-tense verb carrying a small -t on its end that marks the doer as feminine 'she'. Arabic signals the subject's gender through this ending rather than a separate word, so the single verb already tells you a woman did the answering before her name is even spoken.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• فَوَقَفَ وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ،

  Then he stopped and replied to him.

  وَرَدَّ — and replied. The wa- joins a second action of the man, 'and replied', pairing it with the stopping just before. It is a simple action-joining 'and' linking two consecutive deeds of the same subject. The verb it carries keeps the same 'he' inside.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →