خُذْtake

Example sentences

• قَالَ فَخُذْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِحْدَى رَاحِلَتَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ

  He said, "By my father, O Messenger of Allah, take one of my two mounts."

  فَخُذْ — so take. A bare command form with fa- on its front: the lean imperative shape carries its 'you' inside, and the fa- chains it to the preceding talk as 'so take'. The joiner ties the command to the agreement just reached, marking it as the next step.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• قَالَ خُذْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ

  He said, "Take it and give it to them."

  خُذْ — take it. A command verb 'take', addressed to 'you' (singular), so no subject pronoun appears; a command verb already implies its addressee. The object 'it' is understood from the scene. Arabic forms the order by the bare command shape itself.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• قَالَ خُذْ جَمَلَكَ وَلَكَ ثَمَنُهُ

  He said, "Take your camel, and for you is its price."

  خُذْ — take. This is a command form (do this!) to a single male listener, telling him to take. The 'you' is understood from the command shape itself, with no separate subject word.

  From: Marriage and Financial Justice →