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أَسْأَلُ to ask in Arabic

أَسْأَلُ is how you say “to ask” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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More example sentences

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

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