يَحْتَاجُrequires

Example sentences

• الوعظ فن بذاته يحتاج إلى مشاركة جيدة في العلم،

  Preaching is an art in itself that requires a good share of knowledge.

  يَحْتَاجُ — requires. This present-tense verb carries its subject ('it') inside the word and pairs with the preposition coming next to mean 'have need OF'. Arabic expresses 'need something' not with a bare object but through this verb-plus-preposition team, so the two must be read together.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• وَكُتَّابُنَا هَذَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ الْمُنْتَهِيُ،

  And this book of ours is needed by the advanced student,

  يَحْتَاجُ — he needs. A present-tense verb whose 'ya-' prefix supplies a third-person 'it' subject built into the form. It pairs with a 'to/toward' preposition plus pronoun to mean 'has need of it', so the construction, not the bare verb, carries the full sense of needing.

  From: Guidance for the Seeker →

• وَإِنَّمَا رَفْعُهُ إِلَى فَوْقِ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى التَّكَلُّفِ

  Rather, raising it upward requires deliberate effort.

  يَحْتَاجُ — requires. A present-tense verb ('requires') with its 'it' subject built into the prefix; the subject is the action-noun 'raising it' from earlier in the sentence. It is the main predicate, stating what that raising demands.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →