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مَكْتُوب written in Arabic

مَكْتُوب is how you say “written” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

إِنْ هَذَا كَانَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَيَّ قِبَلًا أَنْ أُخْلَقَ

If this was written upon me before I was created.

مَكْتُوبًا written

A passive participle — an adjective formed from a verb that names the thing acted upon, here 'written / pre-recorded'. It describes the decreed fate as something already inscribed, and wears the object-like ending the 'to be' verb hands to its complement.

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