أرادwant in Arabic

Example sentences

• إذا أردتَ ذِكرًا يغيِّرُ يومَك فلا تكتفِ بصوتٍ بلا معنى

  If you want a remembrance that transforms your day, do not settle for a sound without meaning.

  أَرَدْتَ — you wanted. Past 'you wanted', with '-ta' marking 'you' (one male listener). In an 'idha' clause the past form reads as present or future — 'if you want'. So the ending tells you exactly who is addressed.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• وإن أراد سرقة شيء منه، فماذا يسرق؟،

  And if he wanted to steal something from it, what could he steal?!

  أَرَادَ — he wanted. Past-tense verb 'willed / wanted', subject 'he' inside, the verb of the condition. It frames a hypothetical wish to steal.

  From: Repelling the Devil →

• فأراد أن يداويه،

  so he wanted to treat it,

  فأراد — so he wanted. The connector 'so' fused to a past-tense verb, 'wanted', carrying its own 'he' subject, Joha. It moves the story to his reaction to the illness.

  From: Reflections on Literal Obedience →