نَامslept in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَلِهَذَا كَانَ الله أَشد فَرحا بتوبة العَبْد من الفاقد لراحلته عَلَيْهَا طَعَامه وَشَرَابه فِي ارْض دوية ملهكة إِذا نَام آيسا مِنْهَا ثمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَوَجَدَهَا

  And for this reason, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His servant than one who finds his lost mount, upon it his food and drink, in a barren, dangerous land after sleeping in despair of it, then waking to find it.

  نَامَ — he slept. A past-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, describing the man's action inside the 'when' clause. It stands alone as 'he slept', with no separate word for 'he' needed.

  From: Worship and Repentance →