استضعف

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Arabic[edit]

Verb[edit]

اِسْتَضْعَفَ (istaḍʕafa) X, non-past يَسْتَضْعِفُ‎ (yastaḍʕifu)

  1. to find weak
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150:
      قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِي
      qāla bna ʔumma ʔinna l-qawma staḍʕafūnī
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  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 mminhum yuḏabbiḥu ʔabnāʔahum wayastaḥyī nisāʔahum ʔinnahū kāna mina l-mufsidīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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