اهْتَدَىto be guided

Example sentences

• وَقَوْلُهُمْ مَنْ جَهِلَ شَيْئًا عَادَاهُ، مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا بِهِ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا إِفْكٌ قَدِيمٌ

  And their saying: 'Whoever is ignorant of something, opposes it' is mentioned in His saying: 'But they denied that which they did not encompass in knowledge, and when they have not been guided by it, they will say: This is an ancient falsehood.'

  يَهْتَدُوا — they are guided. Present-tense plural 'they are guided, follow guidance', clipped into the jussive because the negative 'did not' before it demands that form, the whole meaning 'they were not guided'. The shortened ending marks the negation. The plural doer is folded in.

  From: When Scripture Answers Proverbs →