يَحْتَجْinvoke as an argument in Arabic

Example sentences

• وآدَمُ ﵇ لَمْ يَحْتَجْ عَلَى مُوسَى بِالْقِدْرِ

  And Adam did not invoke the divine decree against Moses.

  يَحْتَجْ — he invokes as an argument. Because the negator before it demands the jussive, this verb drops its full ending, the clipped shape marking 'did not'. Though present in form, paired with that negator it reports a past non-event, 'did not invoke as an argument', the key point of the remark.

  From: Patience Under Decree →