عَجِبَto wonder

Example sentences

• والحور الْعين يعجبن من سوء اختيارك عَلَيْهِنَّ

  And the wide-eyed maidens wonder at your poor choice over them.

  يَعْجَبْنَ — they wonder. A present-tense verb with the feminine-plural '-na' ending carrying 'they (women)' — the houris marvel. The '-na' is the subject built into the verb.

  From: Overcoming Desire →

• عجبت لمن يعجب بصورته وينسى مبدأ أمره

  I am amazed at the one who admires his appearance and forgets his origins.

  عَجِبْتُ — I am amazed. A past-tense verb with the ending that marks an 'I' subject, so the speaker is built into the verb. Arabic shows the first-person doer by this ending alone, where English needs a separate 'I'.

  From: A Path to Mercy →

• فَعَجِبْنَا لَهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ

  We were astonished that he asked him and then affirmed him!

  فَعَجِبْنَا — we were astonished. A past-tense verb 'we marvelled' fronted by fa-, which here ties the wonder to the scene just described as its natural upshot, 'and so we marvelled'. The '-na' ending is the built-in 'we' subject. The fa- gives the reaction a sense of following on from what was witnessed.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →