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ثَقُلَ to become heavy in Arabic

ثَقُلَ is how you say “to become heavy” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

إذا ثَقُل الطريق، فتذكر أنّ التعب علامة حياة، وأن نور الهداية يظهر في مواضع المقاومة

If the path becomes heavy, remember that fatigue is a sign of life, and that the light of guidance appears in places of resistance.

ثَقُلَ becomes heavy

Past-tense verb 'thaqula' = 'it became heavy'; subject 'it' is built in.

From Small Daily Habits

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عند الفتور، بدّل الوسيلة لا الغاية إن عجز لسانك فليذكر قلبك، وإن ثقل قلبك فلتخدم يدك، فالطرق إلى الله بعدد أنفاس الخلائق

When feeling lethargic, change the means, not the goal: if your tongue is too weak, let your heart remember; if your heart is heavy, let your hands serve, for the paths to God are as numerous as the breaths of creation.

ثَقُلَ is heavy

Past-tense verb 'thaqula' = 'it became heavy'; subject 'it' is built in.

From On Sincerity

لذلك جاء في القرآن ﴿فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ﴾، ولم يقل من رجحت سيئاته؛ لأن السيئات لا تُعطي صاحبها وزنًا محمودًا، بل تُسقطه

Therefore, it is mentioned in the Quran: 'So those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful ones,' and it does not say: 'whose bad deeds outweigh,' because bad deeds do not give their owner a praiseworthy weight; rather, they bring him down.

ثَقُلَتْ are heavy

Past 'grew heavy', with the -at marking feminine agreement with 'his scales' that follows. Arabic puts that subject after the verb.

From Small Deeds, Great Reward

إن غلب نور عمله الصالح ثَقُلَت كفّته، فيُعرف مكانه في الجنّة بعمله كما يعرف أهل الجمعة منازلهم عند الانصراف

If the light of his righteous deeds prevails, his balance becomes heavy, and his place in paradise is known by his deeds, just as those who attend Friday prayers know their homes upon leaving.

ثَقُلَتْ becomes heavy

Past 'grew heavy', the result answering 'if', with -at marking feminine agreement with 'his pan' that follows.

From Small Deeds, Great Reward

فإذا كثروا وثقل عليهم الحديث، قال إن الأذن مجاجة، وإن القلوب حمضة

When they became many, and the talk became burdensome on them, he said, 'Indeed, the ears become tired, and indeed, the hearts become sour.'

وَثَقُلَ and became burdensome

The wa- joins this to the previous verb. 'Became heavy/burdensome' is past tense with its subject 'the talk' coming after it; the verb leads and names the doer next.

From Reviving the Heart

كان الرجل ممن كان قبلكم إذا ثقل عليه الحديث قال

A man among those before you, when the speech became heavy upon him, would say

ثَقُلَ became heavy

A past-tense verb meaning the speech grew heavy or burdensome on the listener. The 'it' subject is carried inside the verb. Coming right after the 'whenever' particle, it is the condition being set up, the situation that each time prompts the reaction described next.

From Stories That Soften the Heart

ومن كثر شربه ثقل نومه،

Whoever drinks more, sleeps heavily.

ثَقُلَ becomes heavy

A past-tense verb meaning 'becomes heavy', opening the result clause with general present force and carrying its own subject.

From Eating in Moderation

ومن ثقل نومه محقت بركة عمره

Whoever sleeps heavily, the blessings in his life are diminished.

ثَقُلَ becomes heavy

A past-tense verb 'becomes heavy' with built-in subject, read as a general present in the condition clause.

From Eating in Moderation

ثَقُلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, became weak.

ثَقُلَ became weak

A completed past verb describing a change of state, here growing heavy or weak, with its 'he' subject built in. The named subject follows it, since Arabic readily puts the verb first.

From Prayer During Illness

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