يَأْتُونِيthey come to me

Example sentences

• فَيَأْتُونِي فَأَنْطَلِقُ

  Then they come to me, and I leave.

  فَيَأْتُونِي — then they come to me. A single dense word: the leading fa- marks the next step, the verb is a present-tense form for a male plural group with 'they' in its ending, and -ni ('me') is fused on as the object, so 'then they come to me'. The plural doer is built in and the object rides on the end, packing sequence, doer, act, and recipient together.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• وفي رواية فيأتوني فيقولون يا محمد أنت رسول الله وخاتم الأنبياء، وقد غفر لك ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تأخر،

  In one narration they come to me and say, "O Muhammad, you are the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets, and your past and future sins have been forgiven."

  فَيَأْتُونِي — then they come to me. The 'fa-' marks the next step, the '-una' ending carries the 'they' subject, and '-ni' fused at the end is the object 'me'; so one word means 'then they come to me'. Prefix, subject and object all on one verb.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →