عَقَلَhe tethered

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ أُمَيَّةُ أَخَذَ لَا يَنْزِلُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا عَقَلَ بَعِيرَهُ،

  When Umayya went out, he would not stop at any lodging except to tether his camel.

  عَقَلَ — he tethered. A past verb with 'he' inside, meaning to hobble or tie up an animal. Standing after 'except', it names the one act that always accompanied each stop.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• وَعَلَّقَ الْفَلَّاحُ بِالصَّبْرِ وَالتَّقْوَى فَعَقَلَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

  The successful person ascribed it to patience and piety, and the believers understood that from him.

  فَعَقَلَ — so understood. The fa- here draws a consequence ('so/then') from the ascribing, leading into the believers' understanding. It marks result-flow rather than plain addition, and the verb is a completed action.

  From: Patience and God's Help →