تَتَجَافَىshun

Example sentences

• وقال ﴿تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ﴾

  And He said, 'Their sides shun their beds as they call upon their Lord in fear and hope, and from what We have provided them, they spend.'

  تَتَجَافَىٰ — shun. This present-tense verb carries a built-in plural 'they/it' subject and is in a mutual-action pattern meaning to draw away or shun. The subject is the following noun 'their sides'; the verb describes them leaving the bed.

  From: Prayer and Charity →