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وَصَفَ describe in Arabic

وَصَفَ is how you say “describe” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

مَوْصُوف بِكُل كَمَال

Described by every perfection,

مَوْصُوفٌ Described

A passive participle 'described / qualified', indefinite nominative as a predicate — He is the one described. The passive participle frames Him as the one the attributes are applied to.

From God's Majesty

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وقد وصف الله علماء السوء بأكل الدنيا بالعلم،

And Allah described the corrupt scholars as devouring the world with knowledge.

وَصَفَ he described

A past-tense verb of describing, carrying its own 'he' subject. It governs both the one described and the description, set up across the rest of the sentence.

From Knowledge and Humility

ووصف علماء الآخرة بالخشوع والزهد

And He described the scholars of the hereafter as humble and ascetic.

وَوَصَفَ and He described

The joined 'and' plus a past-tense verb of describing that carries its own 'he' subject. It links this description to the previous sentence and sets up the same describe-as structure.

From Knowledge and Humility

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