وَصَفَdescribe in Arabic

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →