The Jussive

يَسْجُدُ، يَسْجُدْ

yasjudu, yasjud

he prostrates; (jussive) he prostrate

تَسْجُدِينَ، تَسْجُدِي

tasjudīna, tasjudī

you (f.) prostrate; (jussive)

يَسْجُدُونَ، يَسْجُدُوا

yasjudūna, yasjudū

they (m.) prostrate; (jussive)

Silent alif after ـُوا.

يَسْجُدْنَ، يَسْجُدْنَ

yasjudna, yasjudna

they (f.) prostrate; (jussive, unchanged)

لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْمَسْجِدَ.

lam yadkhuli l-masjida

He did not enter the mosque.

Sukūn becomes kasra before the article.

لَمْ يَسْمَعِ الْوَلَدُ الْأَذَانَ.

lam yasmaʿi l-waladu l-adhāna

The boy did not hear the call to prayer.

لَمْ أَحْفَظْ هٰذِهِ السُّورَةَ بَعْدُ.

lam aḥfaẓ hādhihi s-sūrata baʿdu

I have not memorised this sūra yet.

لَمْ يَخْلَعُوا نِعَالَهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ.

lam yakhlaʿū niʿālahum ʿinda l-bābi

They did not take off their sandals at the door.

لَمَّا يَرْجِعِ الْإِمَامُ مِنَ الْحَجِّ.

lammā yarjiʿi l-imāmu mina l-ḥajji

The imam has not yet returned from the pilgrimage.

أَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي الْخُطْبَةَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ؟

a-lam tasmaʿī l-khuṭbata yā fāṭimatu

Did you not hear the sermon, Fāṭima?

لَا تَرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ.

lā tarfaʿ ṣawtaka fī l-masjidi

Do not raise your voice in the mosque.

لَا تَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ بِنِعَالِكُمْ.

lā tadkhulū l-masjida bi-niʿālikum

Do not enter the mosque in your sandals.

لَا تَتْرُكِي سَجَّادَتَكِ هُنَا.

lā tatrukī sajjādataki hunā

Do not leave your (f.) prayer rug here.

لَا تَعْجَلْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ.

lā taʿjal fī ṣ-ṣalāti

Do not hurry in the prayer.

لَا تَسْجُدَا قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ.

lā tasjudā qabla l-imāmi

Do not (you two) prostrate before the imam.

لِيَدْخُلِ الرَّجُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ بِرِجْلِهِ الْيُمْنَى.

li-yadkhuli r-rajulu l-masjida bi-rijlihi l-yumnā

Let the man enter the mosque with his right foot.

لِيَسْكُتِ الْأَوْلَادُ وَقْتَ الْخُطْبَةِ.

li-yaskuti l-awlādu waqta l-khuṭbati

Let the children be silent during the sermon.

فَلْيَحْفَظْ كُلُّ تِلْمِيذٍ سُورَةً قَصِيرَةً.

fa-l-yaḥfaẓ kullu tilmīdhin sūratan qaṣīratan

So let every pupil memorise a short sūra.

فَ + لْ: the lām loses its kasra.

وَلْيَرْفَعِ الْمُؤَذِّنُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْأَذَانِ.

wa-l-yarfaʿi l-muʾadhdhinu ṣawtahu bi-l-adhāni

And let the muezzin raise his voice with the call to prayer.

لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْجُمُعَةِ مَعًا.

li-nadhhab ilā ṣalāti l-jumuʿati maʿan

Let us go to the Friday prayer together.

إِنْ تَدْخُلِ الْمَسْجِدَ تَجِدْ فِيهِ السَّكِينَةَ.

in tadkhuli l-masjida tajid fīhi s-sakīnata

If you enter the mosque you will find tranquillity in it.

مَنْ يَسْجُدْ لِلّٰهِ يَرْفَعْهُ اللّٰهُ.

man yasjud li-llāhi yarfaʿhu llāhu

Whoever prostrates to God, God raises him.

مَهْمَا تَحْفَظْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يَنْفَعْكَ.

mahmā taḥfaẓ mina l-qurʾāni yanfaʿka

Whatever you memorise of the Quran will benefit you.

أَيْنَمَا تَذْهَبْ تَسْمَعِ الْأَذَانَ.

aynamā tadhhab tasmaʿi l-adhāna

Wherever you go you will hear the call to prayer.

إِنْ تَعْجَلْ فِي الْوُضُوءِ تَنْدَمْ.

in taʿjal fī l-wuḍūʾi tandam

If you hurry in the ablution you will regret it.