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اِسْتَعَانَ seek assistance in Arabic

اِسْتَعَانَ is how you say “seek assistance” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

حين تقول بِسمِ الله، فالمعنى أبدأ عملي مُستعينًا بالله، وأجعل نتيجته لوجهه

When you say, 'In the name of Allah,' the meaning is: I begin my work seeking assistance from Allah, and I dedicate its outcome for His sake.

مُسْتَعِينًا seeking assistance

'seeking help', an active participle in the accusative because it describes the doer's state while acting — 'I begin... while relying'. From 'ask for aid'; the accusative is the 'how, in-what-state' marker.

From Turning Daily Words into Worship

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