يَسْأَلُونَthey would ask

Example sentences

• كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَنْ الْخَيْرِ

  People would ask the Messenger of God about what is good.

  يَسْأَلُونَ — they would ask. A present-tense verb with 'they' in its ending. Standing inside the 'was/used-to' frame opened earlier, its present shape is what converts the whole into a repeated past habit, 'they would ask'.

  From: Finding the Prophet's Way →

• فَغَدًا الصَّحَابَةُ الْكِرَامُ رِجَالُهُمْ وَنِسَاءُهُمْ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

  So the next morning the noble Companions, both men and women among them, asked the Messenger of God.

  يَسْأَلُونَ — they asked. A present-tense verb whose ending -una marks a third-person 'they', used here as a vivid historical present and read as past in the narration — they asked. The plural subject is carried in that tail. It is the action of the Companions named earlier, finally delivered after its agents.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →