أَعْطَوْاthey were given

Example sentences

• وَبَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَتَفَاوَتُونَ فِي الْعَقْلَيْنِ وَجَوْهَرِهِ وَمِقْدَارِ مَا أَعْطَوْا مِنْهُ،

  Furthermore, people differ in the two intellects, in its very essence, and in the amount of it that they were given.

  أَعْطَوْا — they were given. This is a past-tense verb with a masculine-plural subject ('they') built into its ending. It sits inside the relative clause, describing what was apportioned to people. Although active in form, the sense here is what 'they were given', the giving understood from context.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →