حَارَbewildered

Example sentences

• اذا كان الذين قد انتدبوا للرد على الفلاسفة قد حاروا ولحقتهم كسفة،

  If those who set out to refute the philosophers were confused and affected by gloom,

  حَارُوا — they were confused. This is a hollow verb — its middle root letter is a weak one that collapses, so the past stem comes out short. The '-u' ending carries 'they'. It describes the refuters themselves ending up bewildered, the very thing they set out to cure in others.

  From: Revelation Over Philosophy →