يَلْتَمِسُseek

Example sentences

• وَمَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إلَى الْجَنَّةِ،

  And whoever follows a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make a path to Paradise easy for him through it.

  يَلْتَمِسُ — he seeks. A Form VIII verb, 'seek, look for', subject 'he' inside, the present form describing the circumstance: he travels the path 'seeking' as he goes. It opens a state-clause attached to the act.

  From: Easing a Believer's Hardship →

• يَلْتَمِسُونَ الْخَبَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  They seek news about the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.

  يَلْتَمِسُونَ — they seek. A present-tense verb whose '-una' ending packs in a 'they' subject: third-person masculine plural, all carried inside the verb with no separate pronoun. The present shape gives a vivid, ongoing feel, 'they are seeking', as the men search for news.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →