يَسْكُنsettle/find contentment

Example sentences

• ليمتحن أيسكن إِلَيْهَا فَتكون حَظه

  To test whether he finds contentment with them as his portion.

  أَيَسْكُنُ — whether he finds contentment. The interrogative 'a-' (whether) fused with a present-tense verb 'settles / finds rest', subject 'he' inside — 'whether he is content'. An indirect question, the content of the test.

  From: Stages of the Seeker →

• لقد دخلا غارا لَا يسكنهُ لابث

  Indeed, they entered a cave where no one had stayed.

  يَسْكُنُهُ — inhabits it. The '-hu' tacked on is the object 'it', pointing back to the cave. Notice there is no 'which' linking this to the cave: Arabic attaches a describing clause directly to an indefinite noun, letting the bare verb do the relative work.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →