تُجِيبُto answer

Example sentences

• قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كُفِيتَ ذَلِكَ وَدُعِيتَ إِلَى الْجَمَالِ وَالْمَالِ وَالشَرَفِ وَالْكَفَاءَةِ أَلا تُجِيبُ؟

  I said: If that would be enough, and you were asked for beauty, wealth, honor, and suitability, would you not answer?

  تُجِيبُ — you answer. A present-tense verb ('answer/respond') with its 'you' subject built in, the verb the negative question hangs on: 'would you not answer?'. It is the answer-clause of the whole 'if...' sentence, framed as a near-certain yes.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →