يَفْرَحُrejoice

Example sentences

• فالمحب يفرح بفضائله والمبغض يغتاظ حسرة

  The lover rejoices in his virtues, and the hater seethes in anguish.

  يَفْرَحُ — he rejoices. A present-tense verb 'rejoices', subject 'he' inside, the predicate-clause. The lover's gladness.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →

• ينظر الإنسان إلى حسن صورته واعتدال قوامه، فيفرح بها ويفتخر،

  A person looks at the beauty of his appearance and the harmony of his form, and he rejoices in them and boasts,

  فَيَفْرَحُ — so he rejoices. The joined 'so' plus a present-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject, marking the reaction that follows from the looking. The 'so' frames rejoicing as the consequence of admiring oneself.

  From: A Path to Mercy →