أَضَاعَwaste

Example sentences

• والابتلاء بقرناء السوء الَّذين يفسدون الْقلب ويضيعون الْوَقْت

  And the trial of bad companions who corrupt the heart and waste time.

  وَيُضَيِّعُونَ — and they waste. wa- = 'and'; present-tense verb 'waste' with the built-in subject 'they' ('-una').

  From: Returning to God →

• أرى فقهاء هذا العصر طُرًّا أضاعوا العلم واشتغلوا بلِمْ لِمْ

  I see all the jurists of this era have neglected knowledge and are busy with 'why, why.'

  أَضَاعُوا — they neglected. Past 'they wasted, lost', the -u marking 'they' — the second half of 'I see them [having] wasted...'; form-IV.

  From: Avoiding Scholarly Disputation →