عَدَاcome upon

Example sentences

• تالله مَا عدا عَلَيْك الْعدو إِلَّا بعد أَن تولى عَنْك الْوَلِيّ

  By Allah, no enemy came upon you except after the Protector withdrew from you.

  عَدَا — came upon. A past-tense verb 'transgressed / assaulted', its subject coming next, a weak final root. The act denied except after a condition.

  From: Guarding the Heart →

• وَخَصَّهُمْ بِهِدَايَتِهِ دُونَ مَنْ عَدَاهُمْ

  And He singled them out for His guidance, excluding whoever was other than them.

  عَدَاهُمْ — was other than them. A past-tense verb with -hum ('them') fused on as its object, so verb and object are one word. It fills out the 'whoever' clause, meaning 'was other than them', and the attached pronoun points back to the chosen group as the point of comparison.

  From: Three States of the Heart →