عُرِفَbe known

Example sentences

• عَالِمٌ عُرِفَ بِالْجِدَالِ فِي الْفِقْهِ، فَاقْتَنَعَ بِرِئَاسَتِهِ،

  A scholar who was known for disputation in jurisprudence, so he became content with his leadership,

  عُرِفَ — was known. This verb is passive: the scholar is the one known about, not the one doing the knowing, and Arabic marks that purely by the vowels inside the word, with no helper like English 'was'. The change of internal shape is the whole signal that the role has flipped to receiving the action.

  From: Guidance for the Seeker →

• فَإِذَا عُرِفَ الْعَبْدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ رَبُّهُ وَخَالِقُهُ

  So when the servant recognizes that God is his Lord and his Creator.

  عُرِفَ — recognizes. A past-tense verb in its passive shape, read here in the general 'when it is recognized / when one recognizes' sense. Arabic marks the passive by changing the vowels inside the verb, not by a helper word, which is what shifts the focus onto the recognizing itself.

  From: What Worship Really Means →

• فَعُرِفَ سَيِّدُهُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَ فَطَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ

  Then his master realized that he had been truthful, and his soul was pleased.

  فَعرف — then it became known. The connector 'fa-' (then) on a passive verb: the master is the one to whom the truth became known, the knowing happens to him rather than being actively done. Arabic marks the passive by changing the vowels inside the verb, not by a helper word, so the form sits close to its active twin. The 'fa-' moves the narrative on to this realisation.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →