يَأْثَمُhe commits a sin

Example sentences

• أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْدِلْ فِي قِسْمَتِهَا فَيَأْثَمُ

  that he did not act fairly in dividing it, and so he commits a sin

  فَيَأْثَمُ — so he commits a sin. The 'fa-' here draws a consequence, presenting the sinning as what results from the unfair division just stated. It rides on a verb that holds its own 'he' subject, so this single word both makes the connection and names who incurs it.

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