تَطُوفُyou are moving about

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ أَلاَ أَرَاكَ تَطُوفُ بِمَكَّةِ آمِنًا،

  So Abu Jahl said to him, "Do I not see you moving about in Mecca in safety?"

  تَطُوفُ — you are moving about. A present verb with 'you' inside, describing ongoing movement. It does circumstantial work after 'I see you' — picturing the state he is caught in: roaming about freely.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →