يَلِدُto give birth

Example sentences

• وَقَوْلُهُمْ لَا تَلِدُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَّا حَيَّةً، مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

  And their saying: 'A snake gives birth only to a snake' is mentioned in His saying: 'And they will not give birth except to a disobedient, disbeliever.'

  يَلِدُوا — give birth. Present-tense plural 'they give birth, beget', the 'they' subject in the ending, here read as a future under the negation, 'they will not beget'. The plural doer is folded into the verb. It governs the exception phrase that follows.

  From: When Scripture Answers Proverbs →