حَاصَرْنَاهُمْwe besieged them

Example sentences

• قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَا خَيْبَرَ فَحَاصَرْنَاهُمْ

  He said, "Then we came to Khaybar and besieged them."

  فَحَاصَرْنَاهُمْ — then we besieged them. Two pieces in one word: fa- ties this besieging to the arrival as its next step, and -hum is the attached object pronoun fixing 'them' as the besieged. The verb body is a finished-action 'we' form, the -na subject built in, so connector, actor and object all ride together.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →