Arabic vocabulary
مَكْتُوبwritten in Arabic
مَكْتُوب is how you say “written” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
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.
From: Patience Under Decree →
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