أَوَيْتَyou lie down

Example sentences

• إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَإِقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ

  When you lie down in your bed, then recite the Verse of the Throne.

  أَوَيْتَ — you lie down. A past-tense verb with its 'you' subject in the '-ta' ending; after the 'when' particle this past form reads as a present condition, 'when you lie down'. Arabic often uses the past inside such time-clauses where English keeps the present.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• قَالَ مَا هِيَ قُلْتُ قَالَ لِي إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ

  He said, "What is it?" I said, "He said to me: When you lie down on your bed."

  أَوَيْتَ — you lie down. A verb with the 'you' subject built into its ending, addressed to a single male listener. Although shaped from the past stem, after the 'when' word it reads as an ongoing condition, 'when you lie down', the timing set by the particle rather than the verb alone.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →