بُذِلَwas given

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ خُطِبَتْ خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ وَبُذِلَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ مَا آجِلَهُ وَعَاجِلُهُ مِنْ مَالِي،

  And Khadijah bint Khuwaylid was betrothed, and her dowry, both its deferred and its immediate parts, was paid from my wealth,

  وَبَذْلِ — and was given. Front wa- is the joiner 'and', linking this to the betrothal clause. The core is a noun built from a verb (an action-as-noun, 'a giving / payment'), so it names the act of paying rather than narrating it with a tensed verb.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →