LessonsImruʾ al-Qays: Address to Fāṭimah, Parting, and the Arrows of the Eyes (Verses 19–22)Quiz

Muqattal is a passive participle on the pattern mufaʿʿal, associated with Form II qattala from the root q-t-l. The intensified formation suits the poem’s notion of a heart repeatedly tormented.

In qalbin muqattalin, the heart is the noun modified by muqattal; both are indefinite and genitive. The adjective tells us that the heart targeted by the two arrows is already badly wounded.

ExpressionMorphological or literary distinction
QātilīActive participle: causing injury
MuqattalForm II passive participle: repeatedly wounded

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Muqattal: intensification and repeated injury

Imruʾ al-Qays: Address to Fāṭimah, Parting, and the Arrows of the Eyes (Verses 19–22)

Muqattal is a passive participle on the pattern mufaʿʿal, associated with Form II qattala from the root q-t-l. The intensified formation suits the poem’s notion of a heart repeatedly tormented.

In qalbin muqattalin, the heart is the noun modified by muqattal; both are indefinite and genitive. The adjective tells us that the heart targeted by the two arrows is already badly wounded.

ExpressionMorphological or literary distinction
QātilīActive participle: causing injury
MuqattalForm II passive participle: repeatedly wounded