قسمdivided

Example sentences

• وَقسم سِيبَوَيْهٍ الْكَلَام إِلَى اسْم وَفعل وحرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم وَلَا فعل،

  And Sibawayh divided speech into noun, verb, and letter that comes for meaning, not as a noun or a verb.

  وَقَسَمَ — And divided. Past 'divided, split', subject 'he' (Sibawayh) inside. It governs an object and an 'into...' — divide X into Y; the verb comes first, the doer following.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• فسلم الأمر له، ورضي بما قسمه له

  so he entrusts the matter to Him and is satisfied with what He apportions for him.

  قَسَمَهُ — apportions it. A past-tense verb, 'apportioned', with the object 'it' attached as a suffix pointing back to 'what'. Its own subject is God, understood from context, and the suffix lets one word carry verb and object together.

  From: Trusting God's Decree →