أَفْلَحَsucceed

Example sentences

• فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أفلح إن صدق

  The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 'He will succeed if he is truthful.'

  أَفْلَحَ — he will succeed. A past verb 'prospered / succeeded', used as a general pronouncement — 'he has succeeded'. Arabic can use the past form for a settled, gnomic truth like this. It is the apodosis waiting on the condition that follows.

  From: Prayer, Fasting, Charity →

• وبان زخرف الدنيا وأفلح الضمر،

  And the adornment of the world became apparent, and the slender ones prospered,

  وَأَفْلَحَ — and he prospered. The attached connector starts a fresh parallel statement rather than just adding a word, and what it joins is a past-tense verb carrying its own 'he/it' subject. The singular masculine form agrees with the noun that follows as its delayed subject.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →