استضعف

اِسْتَضْعَفَ • (istaḍʕafa) X (non-past يَسْتَضْعِفُ (yastaḍʕifu), verbal noun اِسْتِضْعَاف (istiḍʕāf))

1. to find weak
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150:

     قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِي

     qāla bna ʔumma ʔinna l-qawma staḍʕafūnī

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2. to oppress
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:4:

     إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَائِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

     ʔinna firʕawna ʕalā fī l-ʔarḍi wajaʕala ʔahlahā šiyaʕan yastaḍʕifu ṭāʔifatan minhum yuḏabbiḥu ʔabnāʔahum wayastaḥyī nisāʔahum ʔinnahū kāna mina l-mufsidīna

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