اخْتَصَمَتْdisputed

Example sentences

• فَاخْتَصَمَتْ فِيهِ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ

  Then the angels of mercy disputed over him.

  فَإِخْتَصَمَتْ — then disputed. This is a past-tense verb in an elaborated pattern that adds a back-and-forth, reciprocal sense, so it means they argued with one another rather than one party simply acting. The '-at' ending makes it grammatically feminine singular, agreeing with the plural-of-things subject that follows, and the leading 'fa-' marks this as the next event in the story.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →