خَشِيَto fear

Example sentences

• لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي فَأَخْبَرَهَا الْخَبَرَ

  I was truly afraid for my self, so I told her the news.

  خَشِيتُ — I was afraid. A past verb whose '-tu' ending fixes the speaker as 'I', folding the subject into the word's tail. So the fearing is the Prophet's own, told in the first person.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالُ إِقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادُهَا

  and your kin, and wealth you have acquired it, and trade whose stagnation you fear

  تَخْشَوْنَ — you fear. A present-tense verb with a built-in 'you (plural)' subject, 'you fear'. It opens the clause describing the trade, stating the audience's worry. The plural ending marks the collective addressee, the same group the whole list speaks to.

  From: Faith and Worship →