يَذْكُرremember

Example sentences

• فَجعل يذكر الرصد فيسير أَمَامه

  He kept remembering the watch so he walked ahead of him.

  يَذْكُرُ — remembering. A present-tense verb 'recalls / bears in mind', subject 'he' inside, completing 'began to recall'. Set after 'began', it reads as the ongoing action he took up.

  From: The Night of the Migration →

• وتارَة يذكر الطّلب فَيتَأَخَّر وَرَاءه

  And at times, he would remember the pursuit, so he fell behind him.

  يَذْكُرُ — he would remember. A present-tense verb 'recalls', subject 'he' inside — recalling now the pursuit from behind. It mirrors the earlier 'remembering the watch'.

  From: The Night of the Migration →

• فيتيمم لها حين يذكر

  They perform Tayammum for it when they remember.

  يَذْكُرُ — they remember. 'he remembers,' present tense, completing 'when he remembers.' The hidden 'he' is the worshipper; recollection itself is the cue to purify and pray. It closes the rule begun in the previous sentence.

  From: When Earth Replaces Water →

• ولم يذكر له عنه شيئًا

  And did not mention anything about him personally.

  يَذْكُرْ — he mentions. A present-shaped verb pulled into the past and chopped into its jussive ending by the 'did not' before it: 'he mentioned'. The trimmed final consonant marks that negation trigger, and 'he' is built in.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →