زَادَto increase

Example sentences

• اجعل لكل يوم وقفة محاسبة قصيرة ما الذي زادني قربًا من ربي اليوم، وما الذي زاد الغفلة سمكًا حول قلبي

  Make a brief accounting each day: What brought me closer to my Lord today, and what increased the thickness of heedlessness around my heart.

  زَادَنِي — brought me. Past-tense verb 'zada' = 'it increased, added'; '-ni' = 'me', so 'increased me'.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• اجعل لكل يوم وقفة محاسبة قصيرة ما الذي زادني قربًا من ربي اليوم، وما الذي زاد الغفلة سمكًا حول قلبي

  Make a brief accounting each day: What brought me closer to my Lord today, and what increased the thickness of heedlessness around my heart.

  زَادَ — it increased. Past-tense verb 'zada' = 'it increased, added'; subject 'it' is built in.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• إذا داهمك خاطرٌ يجرّك إلى رياءٍ أو عُجب، اسأله بهدوء هل يزيدني قربًا أم يصنع لي تمثالًا من دخان

  If a thought comes to you that leads you to vanity or conceit, ask it calmly: does it bring me closer, or does it create a statue of smoke?

  يَزِيدُنِي — increases me. Present-tense verb 'yazid' = 'it increases, adds'; '-ni' = 'me', so 'increases me'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• إذا أبطأتك هموم الرزق، فاعمل بالأسباب واترك في قلبك فراغًا للثقة، فالقلق لا يزيد في الكيل حبةً واحدة

  If worries about sustenance slow you down, act upon the means and leave space in your heart for trust, for anxiety does not add a single grain to the measure.

  يَزِيدُ — it adds. Present-tense verb 'yazid' = 'it increases, adds'; subject 'it' is built in.

  From: On Sincerity →

• ولا يزيدُ الإيمانَ علمًا ولا يقينًا؛ بل قد يفتحُ بابَ التخييلِ والبدع

  and it neither increases faith in knowledge nor certainty; rather, it may open the door to delusion and innovations.

  يَزِيدُ — it increases. Present 'increases', subject 'it' inside, the doer being the bare name-saying. Under the 'la' it reads 'does not increase'; the ending marks a flat statement.

  From: Words That Nourish the Heart →

• تالله لقد زَاد على السبك فِي كل دِينَار دِينَار

  By God, he surpassed in quality every dinar by dinar.

  زَادَ — he surpassed. A past-tense verb 'exceeded / went beyond', subject 'he' inside. He outdid the standard.

  From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →

• فأدبر الرجل وهو يقول والله لا أزيد على هذا ولا أنقص منه،

  The man departed saying: 'By Allah, I will not add to or decrease from this.'

  أَزِيدُ — add to. A present verb 'add / increase', with 'I' built into its shape — 'I [will] add'. The subject rides in the verb. It pairs with the preposition next to say add ONTO what.

  From: Prayer, Fasting, Charity →

• ثُمَّ اِحْتَمَلَ قِرْبَتَهُ وَزَادَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ،

  Then he carried his waterskin and his provisions to the mosque,

  وَزَادَهُ — and his provisions. Opens with wa- 'and', adding a second object to the carrying, and carries the attached 'his' on its end. The conjunction links it to the first object so both are carried together.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَعْرِفَةٌ وَعِلْمٌ زَادَ فِي السَّعْيِ وَالْجَمْزِ بِقَدْرِ التِّفَاتِهِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ،

  If he has familiarity and knowledge, he increases his effort and steadfastness in proportion to how often he turns to him, or even more.

  زَادَ — he increased. A completed-action verb 'he increased', the main verb of the result clause answering the 'if'. Though past in form, in this conditional it reads as a habitual present: 'he steps up'. Its 'he' subject is the man, carried inside the verb.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• وأجمعوا على أن من جحد منه حرفا مما أجمع عليه أو زاد حرفا لم يقرأ به أحد وهو عالم بذلك فهو كافر

  And they unanimously agree that whoever denies any letter upon which there is consensus or adds a letter not recited by anyone, while being aware, is a disbeliever.

  زَادَ — he adds. A past-tense verb 'added' continuing the 'whoever' condition through the 'or'. Its 'he' doer is built in and is the same unspecified 'whoever'. It names the second offence, parallel in form to the earlier 'denied'.

  From: Honoring the Quran →