آثَرَto prefer

Example sentences

• هناك، في المسافة الخفية، تُعرَض عليك اختياراتك الأولى أن تستجيب لوطأة العادة، أو أن تؤثر ما يرفعك درجةً في البصيرة

  There, in the hidden distance, your first choices are presented to you: to respond to the pressure of habit, or to prefer what elevates you a degree in insight.

  تُؤْثِرَ — to prefer. Present-tense verb 'tu'thir' = 'you prefer'; 'you' is built in; the '-a' ending follows 'an'.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• زاحمت كبار العلماء قالوا تاالله لقد آثرك،

  I competed with the great scholars, and they said, 'By Allah, you have been chosen!'

  آثَرَكَ — has preferred you. A past-tense verb whose attached -ka is its object, 'you'. The doer 'he' is carried inside the verb form, so a single word packs 'he preferred you'. Arabic regularly fastens the object pronoun to the back of the verb instead of using a separate word.

  From: Victory Belongs to God →