جَاهَدَstruggle

Example sentences

• ورجل قاتل وجاهد ليقول الناس هو شجاع وجريء،

  And a man who fought and struggled for people to say: He is brave and bold,

  وَجَاهَدَ — and he struggled. 'And' plus a past-tense verb of the same engage-with shape, 'strove / struggled', subject inside. It pairs with 'fought' to cover armed striving in God's path.

  From: Deeds for God Alone →

• فمن أراد صلاح نفسه، فليجاهدها جهادًا طويلاً، وليصبر على مراغمتها

  So whoever wants to reform himself, let him strive against it with a long struggle, and be patient in opposing it.

  فَلْيُجَاهِدْهَا — then let him strive against it. This packs a lot: the fa- that begins the 'then' answer of the condition, a command-marker that turns the verb into a directive 'let him', the verb 'strive', and -ha 'it' as object. The command-marker forces the verb into the clipped jussive shape, and one word ends up meaning 'then let him strive against it'.

  From: Struggling Against the Self →