سَافَرَtravel

Example sentences

• إِذا سَافر الْمُحب للقاء محبوبه ركبت جُنُوده مَعَه

  When the lover travels to meet his beloved, his armies accompany him.

  سَافَرَ — travels. A past-tense (form III) verb 'set out on a journey', subject coming next; inside the 'when' clause it reads as a general 'travels'. The lover's departure.

  From: Stages of the Seeker →

• فَقَالَتْ أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا سَافَرَ وَلَهُ شَرِيكٌ

  She said that her husband had gone away and that he had a partner.

  سَافَرَ — had gone away. A past-tense verb meaning 'travelled/went away' with its 'he' subject built in, pointing to the husband. It is the predicate of the reported clause, telling what he did. The completed, gone-off sense comes from the past tense itself.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →