أَسْأَلُto ask

Example sentences

• وَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ يَنْفَعَنَا بِهِ،

  And I ask God, Glorified and Exalted, to benefit us by it.

  وَأَسْأَلُ — and I ask. A present-tense verb fronted by 'wa-' (and), its initial vowel marking 'I' as the doer, so one word holds connector, action, and speaker. The 'wa-' strings the asking onto the surrounding prayer, the 'I' built into the verb rather than stated apart.

  From: Guidance for the Seeker →

• فَخَرَجْتُ عَلَى إِثْرِهِ أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ،

  So I went out after him to ask about him.

  أَسْأَلُ — I ask. A present-tense 'I ask' with the first-person 'I' built in, describing the purpose running alongside the going - 'asking as I went'. Arabic uses the present to paint this simultaneous aim.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →