LessonsAl-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an ActionQuiz

وَقَفْتُ احْتِرَامًا لِلْمُعَلِّمِ
Translation: I stood out of respect for the teacher.

وَقَفْتُ: past verb with first-person subject.
احْتِرَامًا: accusative purpose/reason complement.
لِلْمُعَلِّمِ: prepositional phrase specifying who is respected.

Iḥtirāman supplies the motivation for standing, rather than being the cognate verbal noun of waqafa.

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Al-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an Action

وَقَفْتُ احْتِرَامًا لِلْمُعَلِّمِ
Translation: I stood out of respect for the teacher.

وَقَفْتُ: past verb with first-person subject.
احْتِرَامًا: accusative purpose/reason complement.
لِلْمُعَلِّمِ: prepositional phrase specifying who is respected.

Iḥtirāman supplies the motivation for standing, rather than being the cognate verbal noun of waqafa.