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وَكَّلَ appointed in Arabic

وَكَّلَ is how you say “appointed” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

العاشر أنه سبحانه نبه بقوله ﴿إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ﴾ على أنه قد وكل عليه من يحفظ عليه عمله ويحصيه فلا يضيع منه شيء

The tenth point is that He, glorified be He, emphasized by saying, ‘Indeed, every soul will have a guardian over it,’ indicating that He has appointed someone to safeguard and account for its deeds, and nothing will be lost from them.

وَكَّلَ he appointed

This is a plain past-tense verb in the doubled-middle pattern, meaning he appointed or entrusted, with its 'he' subject built in. The doer is God; Arabic conveys the whole act of assigning a charge in this single verb.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

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وكل الله بِهِ ملكا يذود عَنهُ شَرّ الشَّيْطَان

Allah appoints an angel for him to ward off the evil of Satan.

وَكَّلَ appoints

This past-tense verb means 'he assigned' and contains its own subject slot to be filled by the named doer right after. The doubled middle consonant marks the intensive 'put firmly in charge' shade of the action.

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