بَادِرْrush in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَإِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَبَادِرْ إِلَيْهَا

  And if you intend to give charity, hasten to do it.

  فَبَادِرْ — so rush. Two pieces: fa- 'so/then', which here marks the answer of the condition, plus a command form 'hasten'. The fa- is the hinge that introduces what to do once the 'if you intend' clause is met, and the bare imperative shape of the verb makes it an order.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →

• فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تُبَادِرْ إِلَيْهَا

  For if you do not hasten to it

  تُبَادِرْ — you hasten. A present-tense verb, 'you hasten', addressed to 'you', pushed by the preceding negator into the cut-short (jussive) form, which is why it ends in a bare stop with no final vowel. That clipped ending is the visible mark of the jussive 'did not' forces.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →