يُقْرَأrecite

Example sentences

• وأجمعوا على أن من جحد منه حرفا مما أجمع عليه أو زاد حرفا لم يقرأ به أحد وهو عالم بذلك فهو كافر

  And they unanimously agree that whoever denies any letter upon which there is consensus or adds a letter not recited by anyone, while being aware, is a disbeliever.

  يُقْرَأْ — it be recited. A passive present verb 'is recited', clipped into the jussive by the 'not' before it; the action is received, not done, with no named doer. Arabic marks this passive by the inner vowel pattern rather than a helper word. It describes the added letter as one nobody recites.

  From: Honoring the Quran →