Arabic vocabulary
تَوَفَّىpass away in Arabic
تَوَفَّى is how you say “pass away” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْشَبْ وَرَقَةُ أَنْ تُوُفِّيَ،
Then it was not long before Waraqah died.
تُتَوَفَّى — he died. This is the passive cast into the subjunctive after 'an': Waraqah is TAKEN (in death) rather than doing anything, and Arabic marks both the passive (inner vowels) and the post-'an' mood (reshaped ending) on the one verb. The agent, God taking the soul, is left unspoken.
From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →
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