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يَعْمَلُونَ they act in Arabic

يَعْمَلُونَ is how you say “they act” in Arabic.

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وَلِهَذَا كَثِيرًا مَا يَعْمَلُونَ عَلَى الْأَحْوَالِ

For this reason, they very often work on the spiritual states.

يَعْمَلُونَ they work

A present-tense verb shaped for a 'they' subject, the plural carried in its ending, so it means 'they work/act' with no separate pronoun. Its subject is the group under discussion. It is the main action governed by the 'very often' phrase before it.

From Trust and Piety

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بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

with the best of what they used to do

يَعمَلُون they do

A present-tense verb, 'they do', whose ending marks a third-person plural subject, 'they', inside the verb. Resting on the past 'to be' before it, its present shape reads as a past habit, what they kept doing. The present form carries the repeated, ongoing sense; the earlier verb supplies the pastness.

From Mothers and the Companions

فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ وَإِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ

Allah, the Exalted, said: If you are patient and are conscious of God, their plotting will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah encompasses what they do.

يَعْمَلُونَ they do

A present-tense verb with a built-in 'they', inside the relative clause as 'what they do'. The present shape marks their doing as ongoing, the content the divine knowledge surrounds.

From Patience and God's Help

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