يَرَsee in Arabic

Example sentences

• حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتْ كَتِيبَةٌ لَمْ يَرَ مِثْلَهَا،

  Until a company arrived unlike any he had ever seen,

  يَرَ — seen. A verb 'see' that looks present but has been clipped into its jussive shape by the negation before it, and pushed into the past, giving 'he had not seen'. The shortened ending is the visible sign that the negation particle is controlling it.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• وَمَنْ لَمْ يَرَ الْعَوَاقِبَ، غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَسُّ،

  And whoever does not foresee the consequences will be overcome by impulse.

  يَرَ — foresee. A present-form verb shoved into the shortened jussive shape by the 'did not' before it; the trimmed ending is the visible sign of that particle's grip. Together they mean 'did not foresee', with the 'he' subject built into the verb.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →