قَائِمَةٌstanding

Example sentences

• إِذْ هُوَ بِهَا قَائِمَةٌ عِنْدَهُ،

  Just then it stood beside him,

  قَائِمَةٌ — standing. This is an active participle ('standing'), a verb-based describing word, with a feminine ending that agrees with the feminine mount it describes. That feminine agreement is what confirms the real subject is the she-mount, not the masculine anticipatory pronoun used to open the clause.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• وَالْحَرْبُ قَائِمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمَا

  And the war between the two of them continues.

  قَائِمَةٌ — is ongoing. A participle-based adjective ('standing/ongoing') working as the comment on 'the war' before it. It takes the feminine ending to agree with that noun, which is feminine in Arabic. Arabic states 'the war is ongoing' by simply placing this word after the noun, with no verb 'is'.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →