Lesson 50 · أَرْسَلَ

Adding أَ: أَفْعَلَ

Adding أَ at the start also often means “make it happen”: خَرَجَ (he went out) → أَخْرَجَ (he took out); دَخَلَ (he entered) → أَدْخَلَ (he brought in). Present: يُخْرِجُ, يُدْخِلُ.

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Examples

أَرْسَلْتُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى أُمِّيarsaltu risaalatan ilaa ummiiI sent a letter to my mother.

أَغْلِقِ الْبَابَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَaghliqi l-baaba min faḍlikaClose the door, please.

أَخْرَجَ الْمُدَرِّسُ الْكِتَابَ مِنَ الْحَقِيبَةِakhraja l-mudarrisu l-kitaaba mina l-ḥaqiibatiThe teacher took the book out of the bag.

يُكْرِمُ الضَّيْفَyukrimu ḍ-ḍayfaHe honours the guest.

أَسْلَمَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِaslama kathiirun mina n-naasiMany people became Muslim.

إِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَinna llaaha yuḥibbu l-muḥsiniinaAllah loves those who do good. (2:195)

Key points

Pattern أَفْعَلَ يُفْعِلُ, verbal noun إِفْعَالٌ: إِرْسَالٌ sending, إِسْلَامٌ submission.
More: أَرْسَلَ send · أَغْلَقَ close · أَكْرَمَ honour · أَسْلَمَ become Muslim · أَحْسَنَ do good.
The doer starts with مُـ: مُسْلِمٌ Muslim (one who submits) · مُحْسِنٌ one who does good.

Practice

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Say “I closed the window.”

أَغْلَقْتُ النَّافِذَةَ aghlaqtu n-naafidhata

Give the present of أَرْسَلَ.

يُرْسِلُ yursilu

Give the verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ.

إِسْلَامٌ islaamun