اِسْتَخَفَّbelittle

Example sentences

• أعلم أن من استخف بالقرآن أو المصحف أو بشئ منه أو سبهما أو جحد حرفا منه أو كذب بشئ مما صرح به

  He knew that whoever belittled the Qur'an or the mus'haf, or any part of it, or insulted both of them, or denied a letter of it, or lied about what it clearly states.

  اِسْتَخَفَّ — he belittled. A past-tense verb 'belittled' in the 'whoever' condition, its 'he' doer built in and standing for the unspecified person. The prefixed shape gives it a 'treat as slight' force. It is the first of several listed offences whose shared result comes later.

  From: Honoring the Quran →