Arabic vocabulary
يُكْتَبَbe written in Arabic
يُكْتَبَ is how you say “be written” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا
And a man continues to lie and to seek falsehood until he is recorded with God as a liar.
يُكْتَبَ — is recorded. A present-tense verb in the passive ('is recorded'), its ending shifted to subjunctive because the preceding 'until' requires it. The passive vowels mean the man undergoes the recording by God, named next.
From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →
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