وَزَنَweigh

Example sentences

• ومن فقهِ المقاصدِ أن يُوزَنَ الفعلُ بثمرتِه هل يدرأ ضررًا أعظم أم يجلبُ نفعًا راجحًا؟

  From the understanding of the objectives, an action is weighed by its outcome: does it prevent a greater harm or bring a significant benefit?

  يُوزَنَ — is weighed. A passive verb, 'be weighed,' in the subjunctive (the -a) after 'an,' doer unnamed. Its subject, 'the act,' follows; an action is to be assessed by its result, as 'by its fruit' next says.

  From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →

• فَوَزَنَ لِي بِلَالٌ،

  Then Bilal weighed for me.

  فَوَزَنَ — so weighed. The prefix fa- marks the next step ('then'), and the verb 'weighed' is past tense with its doer named a couple of words later (Bilal). Arabic leads with the verb and lets the subject follow, which is the order here.

  From: Marriage and Financial Justice →