فِعْلٌ action in Arabic
فِعْلٌ is how you say “action” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فهذا في الأقوال والأفعال،
This applies to words and actions,
وَالأَفْعَالِ and actions
Joined by 'and' to 'words', parallel in the genitive — together 'in sayings and doings' covers all conduct. The matched pair is a common Arabic way of saying 'everything one says or does'.
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ومن فقهِ المقاصدِ أن يُوزَنَ الفعلُ بثمرتِه هل يدرأ ضررًا أعظم أم يجلبُ نفعًا راجحًا؟
From the understanding of the objectives, an action is weighed by its outcome: does it prevent a greater harm or bring a significant benefit?
الفِعْلُ the action
'the act / deed,' the subject of the passive 'be weighed' (the -u) — what undergoes the weighing. Held back after its verb; the act is judged not in itself but by its outcome.
الرابع أنه قيد الفعل بالظرف وهو قوله ﴿يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ﴾
The fourth is that He specified the action with a time, which is His saying, 'The Day when secrets will be put to trial.'
الفِعْلَ the action
This noun 'the action/deed' is the direct object of 'specified', carrying the object ending, made definite by 'the'. It names what was bound to a time; the object ending marks its role.
قال أبي بن كعب لأن هذا فعل الجبابرة
Ubayy ibn Ka'b said that this is the action of the tyrants.
فِعْلُ action
This is the front half of 'deed of the tyrants', a possessive pairing with no word for 'of', and it works as the predicate identifying what 'this' is. It draws its definiteness from the owner that follows.