جَلَسَ sit in Arabic

وقال لرجال ممن كانوا معه من الأنصار ادخلوا على رسول الله ﷺ فاجلسوا عنده واحذروا عليه هذا الخبيث

He said to the men from the Ansar who were with him: Enter to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, sit with him, and be wary of this treacherous one.

فَاجْلِسُوا so you sit

fa- = 'so, then'; a command 'sit!' to a group (the '-u' ending = plural 'you').

From Early Converts to Islam

فَلَمَّا جلس إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لسَيِّده مَا لي أَرَاك كئيبًا حَزينًا فاعرض عَنهُ

So when he sat down with him, he said to his master, 'Why do I see you sad and sorrowful?' But he turned away from him.

جَلَسَ he sat down

Past-tense verb, subject 'he' built in.

From Luqman's Response to Injustice

كان ابن عباس إذا جلس مع أصحابه حدثهم ساعة ثم قال حمضونا، فيأخذ في أحاديث العرب ثم يعود يفعل ذلك مرارًا

When Ibn Abbas sat with his companions, he would talk to them for an hour and then say, 'Refresh us,' and would start discussing Arab stories before returning, doing this repeatedly.

جَلَسَ he sat

A past-tense verb 'sat', here read as the recurring condition after 'whenever'; Arabic uses the past form to state the case within such conditions. 'He' is built into its form.

From Stories That Soften the Heart

وإذا جلس كأنه أسير قدم لتضرب عنقه،

And when he sat, it was as if he were a prisoner brought forth to be executed.

جَلَسَ he sat

This past-tense verb has its 'he' subject inside and supplies the action of this 'whenever' clause. The completed-action form reads as the habitual 'whenever he sat'.

From Grief of the Prophet's Grandson

فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

He greeted him, then sat down before him.

جَلَسَ he sat down

A plain past-tense verb 'sat down', carrying its 'he' inside the form. It reports the next action in the ordered sequence set up by 'then'.

From Wealth and Knowledge on Trial

فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَجَلَسَ عَنْ يَمِيْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَهُ فِي الْقُفِّ،

So Abu Bakr entered and sat to the right of the Messenger of God, beside him in the pit.

فَجَلَسَ so sat

The fa- ('so') links the next action; the verb is a past 'sat' with a built-in 'he'. The conjunction orders it after entering.

From Three Companions Promised Paradise

فَجَلَسَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْقُفِّ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ،

Then he sat with the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, on the seat to his left.

فَجَلَسَ then sat

The fa- ('then') advances the story; the verb is a past 'sat' with a built-in 'he', Umar. It orders the sitting after entering.

From Three Companions Promised Paradise

ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ،

Then I returned and sat down.

فَجَلَسْتُ and I sat

The fa- on the front is a tight 'and so' link, ordering this action immediately after the one before with a sense of consequence. The verb itself is a past 'sat' whose ending already carries the first-person 'I', so the doer is folded into the word rather than written as a separate pronoun.

From Three Companions Promised Paradise

فَجَلَسَ وَجْهَهُ مِنَ الشِّقِّ الآخَرِ

So he sat with his face toward the other side.

فَجَلَسَ so he sat

Opened by fa-, the connector tying this sitting onto the action before it. The past verb already carries its 'he' subject, so the one word states both the act and the doer.

From Three Companions Promised Paradise

فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لِسَيِّدِهِ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ كَئِبًا حَزِينًا

When he sat down beside him, he said to his master, "What is the matter? I see you downcast and sorrowful."

جَلَسَ sat down

A past verb, 'sat', with the 'he' subject built into its form; it is the action inside the 'when' clause. No separate pronoun marks the doer; the verb's shape names him. It sets the moment after which the speech occurs.

From Luqman's Wisdom and Trial

حَتَّى جَلَسَ إلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و سلم

Until he sat down by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

جَلَسَ he sat down

A past-tense verb, 'sat down', with a hidden 'he' subject reaching back to the stranger. It is the action the 'until' clause builds to, his coming to rest by the Prophet.

From When Gabriel Came to Teach