عَدَلَتْbe just

Example sentences

• قَالَ فَلَعَلِّي إِنْ عَدَلَتْ فِي قِسْمَتِهَا أَنْ يَقُولَ بَعْضٌ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يُرْزَقْ مِنْهَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْدِلْ فِي قِسْمَتِهَا فَيَأْثَمُ أَرُوْهَا عَنِّي رَوَى اللَّهُ عَنكَ أَوْزَارُكَ

  He said, "So perhaps if she were just in dividing it, some of those who were not provided from it might say that he did not act fairly in dividing it, and so he sins. Keep it away from me. May God relieve you of your burdens."

  عَدَلَتْ — she was just. A past-tense verb whose '-at' ending marks a feminine 'she' as the doer, agreeing with the feminine thing being acted justly toward. It serves as the verb of the 'if' clause opened just before, so it states the supposed condition: were she to act fairly.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →