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أَنْعَمَ to bestow in Arabic

أَنْعَمَ is how you say “to bestow” in Arabic.

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وهو الذي خلقه من العدم وأنعم عليه بالنعم، وسخر له ما في السماوات والأرض

He is the one who created him from nonexistence, bestowed blessings upon him, and subjugated for him what is in the heavens and the earth.

وَأَنْعَمَ and bestowed

Joined by 'and', a past-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject, continuing God's acts: and bestowed. The doer is inside the verb.

From A Path to Mercy

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فالعافية أفضل ما أنعم الله به على الإنسان بعد الإسلام،

Well-being is the best blessing God granted to man after Islam.

أَنْعَمَ he granted

A past-tense verb with its 'he' subject pattern, 'He granted/bestowed', inside the relative clause defining the blessing. Its doer is named next.

From Health as a Blessing

فإذا عرفت ما أنعم به وأبلى، وتيقنت ما أسدى وأولى،

So if you recognize what He has blessed you with and tested you, and are certain of what He has granted and bestowed,

أَنْعَمَ He has graced

A past-tense verb with a built-in 'he' subject, inside the clause introduced by 'what'. The understood 'he' is God, and it reports the completed gracing that 'what' refers to.

From All Creation Praises Him

وَأَنَّهُمْ هُمْ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَئِكَ رَفِيقًا،

And that they are those on whom Allah has bestowed favor: the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. Those are excellent companions.

أَنْعَمَ bestowed favor

A completed-action verb, 'he favoured'. It opens the relative clause and its real-world doer is named only in the next word, which is the normal Arabic order of verb-then-subject. Note the action is presented as done and settled, not ongoing, even though English often renders it with 'has' to stress the lasting result.

From Choosing Good Companions

وَهُمْ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ،

And they are those upon whom Allah has bestowed favor,

أَنْعَمَ has bestowed favor

A completed-action verb, 'he favoured', opening the relative clause with the doer named in the next word, per the usual verb-before-subject order. The action is grammatically finished, though English adds 'has' to bring out its standing result. The clause as a whole identifies who 'they' are.

From Choosing Good Companions

وَلِيَعْلَمَ أَنَّ رَفِيقَهُ فِي هَذَا الصِّرَاطِ هُمْ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ،

And let him know that his companions on this path are those whom God has favored.

أَنْعَمَ has favored

A completed-action verb, 'he favoured', with the doer named in the next word per the usual verb-first order. It is grammatically settled and finished; English supplies 'has' to bring out the lasting result. The clause it heads identifies exactly which group the companions are.

From Choosing Good Companions

فَكَفَرُوا مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ

So they denied what God had bestowed upon them.

أَنْعَمَ he bestowed

A past-tense 'he' verb, 'bestowed', with its 'he' subject named explicitly by the divine name that follows. It sits in the relative clause describing what was denied. Arabic places the subject after the verb, so the name comes next, in normal order.

From Sheba's Garden and Destruction

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