سَمَّعَseeks to be heard

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ مَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللهُ بِهِ، وَمَنْ رَاءَى رَاءَى اللهُ بِهِ

  And he said: 'Whoever seeks to be heard, Allah will make him heard, and whoever seeks to be seen, Allah will make him seen.'

  سَمَّعَ — seeks to be heard. A past-tense verb with its 'he' subject inside; in this conditional frame the past form reads generally. The doubled middle consonant marks an intensive shape, here seeking that others hear of one's deeds.

  From: The Hidden Idolatry →

• وَقَالَ مَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللهُ بِهِ، وَمَنْ رَاءَى رَاءَى اللهُ بِهِ

  And he said: 'Whoever seeks to be heard, Allah will make him heard, and whoever seeks to be seen, Allah will make him seen.'

  سَمَّعَ — will make him heard. The same verb form repeated as the consequence, but now with Allah as doer: He exposes that one to be heard about. The repetition mirrors the deed with a matching divine response.

  From: The Hidden Idolatry →