يُقَاتِلُfight

Example sentences

• فيدخل الشيطان إليه فيجد سلاحه عنده فيأخذه ويقاتله به؛

  The devil enters him and finds his weaponry with him, takes it and fights him with it.

  وَيُقَاتِلُهُ — and fights him. 'And' plus a present-tense engage-with verb 'does battle against' with '-hu' (him) attached as object — turns it on the servant. The form-III shape marks combat against an opponent.

  From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →

• فإذا أَذِنَ العبدُ لعدوه، وفتح له باب بيته، وأدخله عليه، ومَكَّنه من السلاح يقاتله به، فهو المَلُوم

  If the servant permits his enemy, opens the door of his house for him, lets him in, and enables him with weaponry to fight him, then he is to blame.

  يُقَاتِلُهُ — to fight him. A present-tense engage-with verb 'fights' with '-hu' (him) attached, opening a clause of purpose — 'to fight him with it'. Set right after, it reads as the aim: weapons by which to fight the servant.

  From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →