فُتِحَتْhad been opened

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى النَّاسُ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي فُتِحَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْقَدُوا نِيرَانًا كَثِيرَةً

  When evening fell on the day that had been opened to them, the people kindled many fires.

  فُتِحَتْ — had been opened. A passive verb for a feminine subject (the -t), 'was opened', with no named opener, so focus rests on the place being conquered rather than the conqueror. Arabic builds the passive by reshaping internal vowels, and the feminine ending agrees with the place understood as its subject.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →