أَنْظُرُsee

Example sentences

• قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمَصُّ إِصْبَعَهُ

  Abu Hurayrah said: I seem to see the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, sucking his finger.

  أَنْظُرُ — see. A present-shape verb with 'I' in its prefix -- 'I look/see'. Inside the 'as if' frame its present form makes the memory feel live and ongoing, as though the scene is before the narrator's eyes right now.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• وَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَنِيَابِهِ

  And I began to look at his canine teeth.

  انْظُر — to look. This is a present-tense verb with 'I' built in, paired with the 'began' verb before it to mean 'started to look'. The present shape after 'began' shows the action getting going. The doer rides inside the verb, so no separate 'I' is written.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →