فَإِشْهَدِيthen bear witness

Example sentences

• قَالَ فَإِشْهَدِي اللَّهَ وَأَشْهِدِينَا أَنَّكَ قَدْ رَضِيتَ عَنْهُ

  He said, "Then bear witness to God and to us that you have been pleased with him."

  فَإِشْهَدِي — then bear witness. The front fa- is a connector that ties this command to what was just said, giving a 'so then, go ahead and...' feel rather than a plain 'and'. The verb itself is a command (imperative) aimed at a single female listener, which Arabic marks by its shape and its feminine ending rather than by any separate 'you'. So one short word packs together the linking sense and a direct order to her.

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