تَمَسَّكُواthey clung

Example sentences

• وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِأَعْجَازٍ لَا صُدُورَ لَهَا،

  And they clung to outward things that had no inner substance.

  وَتَمَسَّكُوا — and they clung. The wa- opens with 'and'. The verb is past tense with the -u 'they' ending built in, and its reflexive pattern adds a 'cling to / hold onto for oneself' shade. So the doers are inside the verb, and the pattern colours the grasping as self-interested.

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