نَاظَرَdebate

Example sentences

• إذا ناظرتَهم لم تَلْق منهم سوى حَرْفَيْنِ لِمْ لِمْ لا نُسَلِّمْ

  When you debate them, you find nothing from them but the two words, 'why, why, we do not concede.'

  نَاظَرْتَهُمْ — you debate them. Past 'you debated them' — '-ta' marks 'you', 'them' attached; form-III 'dispute with'. In the condition it reads 'when you argue with them'.

  From: Avoiding Scholarly Disputation →

• فيحملها على مذهبه ويناظر على ذلك مع ظهورها في خلاف ما يقول

  So he interprets it according to his school of thought and debates on that basis, despite its clarity against what he says.

  وَيُنَاظِرُ — and he debates. A verb on the 'doing-it-at-another' pattern, so 'debates, argues it out [with opponents].' Joined by 'and,' it adds that he not only twists the verse but publicly contends for the twisting.

  From: Quran Interpretation and Debate →