تَضَيَّقَbecame narrow

Example sentences

• وَتَضَيَّقَ سَبِيلًا مَا زَالَ مُتَّسِعًا فَفَرَّقَ الأَكْثَرُونَ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيعًا

  And a path that had remained wide became narrow, so the majority divided their religion and became sects.

  وَتَضِيقُ — and became narrow. Opened by the attached 'and', read as a past narrative action of a path becoming narrow. The 'and' chains this clause onto the surrounding story of decline.

  From: Finding the Prophet's Way →