اِسْتَنْفَرَrouse in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ اِسْتَنْفَرَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَدْرِكُوا عِيرَكُمْ

  When the day of Badr came, Abu Jahl roused the people and said, "Save your caravan!"

  اِسْتَنْفَرَ — he roused. A past verb with 'he' inside, in a 'seek/summon' pattern that means to call people up to action or alarm. It is the main clause finally answering the earlier 'when'.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →