قَدَّرَbe decreed

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ يَشْهَدُونَ مَا يُقَدَّرُ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمْ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِيِ وَالذُّنُوبِ

  So they may witness the sins and wrongdoings that are decreed upon any one of them.

  يُقَدَّرُ — is decreed. This verb is in its passive shape: the internal vowels are reshaped so the action is received, 'is decreed', with the decreer left unnamed. Arabic marks the passive by vowel change inside the verb, not by a helper word, so the deed is presented as simply ordained.

  From: Patience Under Decree →

• أَوْ مَا يُقَدَّرُ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بَلْ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ

  Or what is decreed upon the people from that, but rather from disbelief.

  يُقَدَّرُ — is decreed. Again the verb is in its passive shape, 'is decreed', the internal vowels reshaped so the action is received and the decreer unnamed. The form mirrors the earlier passive, presenting the matter as simply ordained rather than done by a stated agent.

  From: Patience Under Decree →