طَلَبَ seek in Arabic

فارجع إلى الله واطلبه من عينك وسمعك وقلبك ولسانك،

Return to God and seek Him with your eyes, ears, heart, and tongue.

وَاطْلُبْهُ and seek Him

wa- = 'and'; a command 'seek!' to 'you'; the ending '-hu' adds 'Him' — 'and seek Him'.

From Knowledge, Reverence, Obedience

لذلك قد يسبق همسُ استغفرُ الله ضجيجَ خُطبةٍ تُطلب بها السمعة

Therefore, the whisper 'I seek God's forgiveness' may outweigh the noise of a sermon given for reputation.

تُطْلَبُ sought

PASSIVE present — 'is sought', not 'seeks'. It describes the sermon: 'a sermon by which is sought...'.

From When Hidden Deeds Are Shown

الذي يطلب الحق باجتهاده كما أمره الله ورسوله؛

who seeks the truth through his effort as Allah and His Messenger commanded him;

يَطْلُبُ seeks

Present 'seeks', subject 'he' inside.

From Judging by Revelation

فقال من طلب العلم ليجاري به العلماء، ويماري به السفهاء، ويصرف به وجوه الناس اليه أدخله الله النار

He said: 'Whoever seeks knowledge to compete with the scholars, or to argue with the foolish, or to turn people's faces towards him, Allah will admit him into the Fire.'

طَلَبَ he seeks

A past-tense verb inside the condition launched by 'whoever'; though past in form it reads as a general 'seeks', because conditionals like this treat the past shape as timeless. Its 'he' subject is built in, referring back to the 'whoever'.

From Knowledge and Humility

وهي تطلب منه في كل وقت ما تهواه، وتزين له المعاصي، وتصعب عليه الطاعات

It seeks from him at all times what it desires, embellishes sins for him, and makes acts of worship difficult for him.

تَطْلُبُ it seeks

A present-tense verb meaning 'it seeks', with 'it' built in, the subject being the self. The doer is encoded in the verb; no separate pronoun is needed for this ongoing action.

From Struggling Against the Self

فقال الأعرابي إنه يطلب ثمن ما أكلت ناقتي

The Bedouin said: He demands the price of what my camel ate.

يَطْلُبُ he demands

Present-tense 'he demands, seeks', the 'he' subject inside, pointing to the neighbor. It is the verb of the emphasised statement and governs the object that follows. The present tense frames the demand as ongoing.

From Justice in the Field

فَاللَّهُ لَكُمَا أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَنْكُمَا الطَّلَبَ

By God, I will withdraw the request from you both.

الطَّلَبَ the request

The al- makes this definite, 'the request', and its ending marks it as the thing being acted upon - the direct object of withdrawing. Definiteness points to a specific known request already in view.

From A Night with the Prophet

لَا يُسَامُ مَنْ طَلَبَ اَلْفِقْهَ طُولَ دَهْرِهِ

One should not reproach anyone who seeks jurisprudence throughout his life.

طَلَبَ he seeks

A past-tense verb read as a habitual, characterising truth, 'whoever seeks', not a single past act. It carries its subject inside, supplied by the preceding 'whoever', and it governs the following object naming what is sought. The perfect form here paints an ongoing pursuit.

From On Reason and Temptation

فَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ بِالأَسْلَمِ مَا طَلَبَ مِنْهُ السَّلامَةَ،

So he returned to him with the safest thing he had requested for his safety.

طَلَبَ he asked

A past-tense verb ('requested') inside the relative clause, with its 'he' subject built in. It describes the 'what' before it, telling you what was done to or with that thing, and leads into the prepositional phrase that follows.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness