استطاع

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Arabic

Root
ط و ع (ṭ w ʕ)
16 terms

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Verb

اِسْتَطَاعَ (istaṭāʕa) X (non-past يَسْتَطِيعُ (yastaṭīʕu), verbal noun اِسْتِطَاعَة (istiṭāʕa))

  1. (transitive) to be able to, to be capable of, can
    Synonym: قَدَرَ (qadara)
    Antonym: عَجَزَ (ʕajaza)
    أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أُدَرِّسَ.ʔastaṭīʕu ʔan ʔudarrisa.I can teach.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:33:
      يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. Used to make a request
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:112:
      إِذْ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُوا ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
      When the disciples said, "Oh, Jesus, son of Mary, can your Lord send down for us a table (with food on it) from heaven?", he said, "Fear Allah, if you are believers"

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