تَأَوَّلَinterpret

Example sentences

• والأصولي الذي أثبت بعض الصفات ونفى بعضها وتأول في أماكن يقولون متناقضا،

  And the theologian who affirms some attributes, denies others, and interprets in certain places, they call him contradictory.

  وَتَأَوَّلَ — and interprets. A Form V verb ('interpreted allegorically'), past, subject 'he' inside. The Form V pattern carries a reflexive 'work it out for oneself' shade. It marks the third strand of his stance: re-reading some texts non-literally.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• والأصولي الذي أثبت بعض الصفات ونفى بعضها وتأول في أماكن يقولون متناقضا،

  And the theologian who affirms some attributes and negates others and interprets in some places, they call him contradictory.

  وَتَأَوَّلَ — and interprets. The conjunction adds a past verb on the reflexive pattern, he interpreted, doer understood. The reflexive shape carries the sense of working out a non-literal reading for oneself, the nuance built into the verb's form.

  From: Unity Over Partisanship →