يُسْتَدْعَىbe summoned

Example sentences

• وَلَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُسْتَدْعَى

  And he does not know when he will be summoned.

  يُسْتَدْعَى — he will be summoned. This is the passive of the verb 'to summon': it reports that he will be called without naming who calls, leaving the summoner unstated. Arabic forms this passive by changing the verb's inner vowels rather than adding a helper word, keeping the focus on the man as the one acted upon.

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