اشْتَغَلَbusy

Example sentences

• أرى فقهاء هذا العصر طُرًّا أضاعوا العلم واشتغلوا بلِمْ لِمْ

  I see all the jurists of this era have neglected knowledge and are busy with 'why, why.'

  وَاشْتَغَلُوا — and busy. 'and busied themselves' — 'wa' plus past 'they occupied themselves', the -u marking 'they'; form-VIII.

  From: Avoiding Scholarly Disputation →

• وكلما اشتغل بالشهوات، كدر قلبه، واشتبه عليه الأمر

  But the more he engages in desires, the murkier his heart becomes, and things become confused for him.

  اشْتَغَلَ — he occupies himself. A past-tense verb, 'busies himself', carrying its own 'he' subject. Under the correlation its past shape reads as a recurring present, and what he busies himself with is named in the following 'with' phrase.

  From: A Sound Heart Knows →