مُحَارَبَةwaging war

Example sentences

• وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ مَنْ أَهَانَ لِي وَلِيًّا أَوْ أَخَافَهُ فَقَدْ بَارَزَنِي بِالْمُحَارَبَةِ وَبَارَانِي،

  And know that whoever insults for me a close ally or frightens him, has thereby declared war against me and has contended with me.

  بِالْمُحَارَبَةِ — by waging war. The bi- here is a preposition meaning 'by/with', marking the means of the fighting, and it governs the verbal noun it attaches to (an action named as a thing). So it reads 'by waging war'. The bi- assigns the instrumental 'by means of' role to the action-noun.

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