تَبَاعَدَto grow distant

Example sentences

• وَهَكَذَا حَتَّى إِذَا تَبَاعَدَ الزَّمَانُ شَيْئًا قَلِيلًا

  And so it continued until when time had grown distant a little slightly.

  تَبَاعَدَ — had grown distant. A past verb in the 'grow mutually distant' pattern, describing the lapse of time. Its subject 'the time' comes right after; the verb form carries a sense of gradual separation, the eras drifting apart.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →