فَضَّلَpreferred

Example sentences

• وَبِهَذَا الْقَدْرِ فُضِّلَ الآدَمِيُّ عَلَى الْبَهَائِمِ

  This is why humans are preferred over animals.

  فُضِّلَ — are preferred. A passive verb — the subject receives preference rather than giving it. Arabic marks the passive by reshaping the internal vowels, with no helper word like English 'is/are'; the doubled middle consonant is part of the pattern.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• اذهبوا إلى موسى، فيأتون موسى، فيقولون يا موسى أنت رسول الله فضلك الله برسالاته وبكلامه على الناس، اشفع لنا إلى ربك ألا ترى ما نحن فيه؟

  Go to Moses, so they go to him and say: "O Moses, you are the Messenger of Allah. Allah favored you with His messages and His words over the people. Intercede for us with your Lord. Do you not see the state we are in?"

  فَضَّلَكَ — favored you. A past verb with '-ka' fused on as its object 'you', so one word means 'He favoured you'; the doer 'Allah' comes next as a stated subject. The attached '-ka' is the receiver of the favouring.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →