يَسْتَكْمِلُواthey may complete

Example sentences

• وَلَكِنَّ لِيَسْتَكْمِلُوا نَصِيبَهُمْ مِنْ كَرَامَتِي سَالِمًا مُوَفِّرًا

  But so that they may complete their share of my favor, safe and well provided.

  لِيَسْتَكْمِلُوا — so that they may complete. The li- prefix here is a purpose preposition, 'so that', and it forces the verb after it into the subjunctive shape; the -u ending marks the subject as 'they'. So one word holds the purpose-marker, the aim-signalling ending, and the plural subject. After this li- Arabic changes the verb's ending to show the completing is the goal, not a fact.

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