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Miim-Dad-Ya
To advance or proceed, pass/pass away, go or go away, press onward, execute/perform/accomplish a thing, to be sharp, to cut or penetrate, excel or surpass in doing a thing.
mada
vb. (1) perf. act.
8:38
قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ يَنتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَإِنْ يَعُودُوا فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّةُ الأَوَّلِينَ
Qul Lilladhīna Kafarū 'In Yantahū Yughfar Lahum Mā Qad Salafa Wa 'In Ya`ūdū Faqad MaĐat Sunnatu Al-'Awwalīna
Say to the rejecters: "If they cease, then what has passed before will be forgiven to them, and if they return to it, then the example of the previous generations has already been given."
43:8
فَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشا ً وَمَضَى مَثَلُ الأَوَّلِينَ
Fa'ahlaknā 'Ashadda Minhum Baţshāan Wa MaĐá Mathalu Al-'Awwalīna
We have destroyed those who were even more powerful than these, and the example of the previous generations has already been given.
impf. act.
18:60
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ لاَ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِيَ حُقُبا ً
Wa 'Idh Qāla Mūsá Lifatāhu Lā 'Abraĥu Ĥattá 'Ablugha Majma`a Al-Baĥrayni 'Aw 'AmĐiya Ĥuqubāan
And Moses said to his youth: "I will not stop until I reach the junction of the two seas, or I spend a lifetime trying."
impv.
15:65
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْع ٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلاَ يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَد ٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
Fa'asri Bi'ahlika Biqiţ`in Mina Al-Layli Wa Attabi` 'Adbārahum Wa Lā Yaltafit Minkum 'Aĥadun Wa AmĐū Ĥaythu Tu'umarūna
"So let your family leave during the late hours of the night, and you follow just behind them, and do not let any of you look back, and go to where you are commanded."
n.vb.
36:67
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيّا ً وَلاَ يَرْجِعُونَ
Wa Law Nashā'u Lamasakhnāhum `Alá Makānatihim Famā Astaţā`ū MuĐīyāan Wa Lā Yarji`ūna
And if We wished, We can freeze them in their place; thus, they can neither move forward, nor go back.
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