سُئِلَ was asked in Arabic
سُئِلَ is how you say “was asked” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَلَوْ سُئِلَ الْجُزْعُ مِنْ أَبِيكِ لَقَالَ الْعَجْزَ
So if impatience were asked by your father, it would say helplessness.
سُئِلَ was asked
A passive completed-action verb ('were asked'): the subject RECEIVES the questioning rather than asks. Arabic marks this passive by reshaping inner vowels, so no helper word and no named asker.
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More example sentences
وَلَوْ سُئِلَ الْكَيْسُ مِنْ أَبِيكِ لَقَالَ الصَّبْرَ
And if the prudent one were asked by your father, he would say patience.
سُئِلَ was asked
A passive completed-action verb ('were asked'): the subject undergoes the questioning. The passive is marked by inner vowel change, leaving the asker unnamed.
سُئِلَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ مَا الْحِكْمَةُ
Some of the wise were asked, 'What is wisdom?'
سُئِلَ was asked
This verb is passive, 'was asked': the wise are the ones questioned, while who put the question is left out. Arabic marks the passive not with a helper word like 'was' but by reshaping the verb's inner vowels, so the form sits close to its active twin but flips the roles.