يَذُودُ ward off in Arabic
يَذُودُ is how you say “ward off” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وكل الله بِهِ ملكا يذود عَنهُ شَرّ الشَّيْطَان
Allah appoints an angel for him to ward off the evil of Satan.
يَذُودُ to ward off
This present-tense verb carries its 'he/it' subject and describes the angel's ongoing role of warding off. Following the indefinite noun, it works like a describing clause, 'an angel that wards off', with no separate word for 'that'.
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More example sentences
فَكيف لَا يسلم المستعيذ بِاللَّه من الشَّيْطَان وَالْملك يذود عَنهُ بِأَمْر الْملك الديَّان
So how can the one who seeks refuge with Allah not be safe from Satan, while the angel wards him off by the command of the Sovereign, the Just?
يَذُودُ wards off
This present-tense verb has its 'he/it' subject inside and reports the angel's ongoing warding within the 'while' clause. Its plain present ending marks the action as continuous alongside the main point.
كَمَا يَذُودُ الرَّاعِيُ الشَّفِيقُ غَنَمَهُ عَنْ مَرَاتِعِ الْهَلَكَةِ
Just as the compassionate shepherd wards his flock away from pastures of destruction.
يَذُودُ wards off
This is a present-tense verb of warding off with a singular 'he' subject built into its form. It heads its clause in verb-first order, with the shepherd named just after. The present shape paints the shepherd's protecting as a standing habit, matching the comparison.