مَعْمُورٌis inhabited

Example sentences

• فَهُوَ بِالْحِفْظِ أَوْلَى لِأَنَّ الْبَيْتَ الْمَعْمُورَ مَعْمُورٌ بِعِبَادَةِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ

  So he is more deserving of preservation, for the Much-Frequented House is filled with the worship of the angels.

  مَعْمُورٌ — is inhabited. A passive describing word ('is kept full / inhabited') serving as the predicate of the reason-clause: it says what the House IS. Built on a 'done-to' pattern, it casts the House as the thing being filled, not the filler.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →

• وَقَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَعْمُورٌ بِنَظَرِ الْخَالِقِ إِلَيْهِ

  And the believer's heart is filled by the Creator's gaze toward him.

  مَعْمُورٌ — filled. A passive describing word ('is kept full') working as the predicate of 'the heart': it states what the heart IS. Like its counterpart said of the House, its 'done-to' pattern casts the heart as the thing being filled.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →