أَوَىto give shelter

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ أَوَيْتُمْ الصُّبَاةَ،

  And indeed you sheltered the young people.

  أَوَيْتُمْ — you gave shelter. A past verb carrying its 'you (plural)' subject in the -tum ending — the suffix itself names the doers. So the whole 'you all gave shelter' sits in one word, no separate pronoun needed.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• لَا يَأْوُونَ إِلَى أَهْلٍ وَلَا مَالٍ،

  They do not take refuge in people or in wealth.

  يَأْوُونَ — they take refuge. A present-tense verb with the plural 'they' ending built in, meaning 'they take refuge'; the subject is the group just discussed. Negated by the 'not' before it, it states a general practice they avoid. The 'they' rides in the verb's ending.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →