LessonsAl-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an ActionQuiz

أَغْلَقْتُ الْبَابَ خَوْفًا مِنَ الْبَرْدِ
Translation: I closed the door out of fear of the cold.

أَغْلَقْتُ: past verb plus first-person subject.
الْبَابَ: accusative direct object.
خَوْفًا: accusative expression of cause.
مِنَ الْبَرْدِ: prepositional phrase describing the object of fear.

An added example contrasting what was closed (object) with why it was closed (reason).

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Added Example: Closing the Door out of Fear

Al-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an Action

أَغْلَقْتُ الْبَابَ خَوْفًا مِنَ الْبَرْدِ
Translation: I closed the door out of fear of the cold.

أَغْلَقْتُ: past verb plus first-person subject.
الْبَابَ: accusative direct object.
خَوْفًا: accusative expression of cause.
مِنَ الْبَرْدِ: prepositional phrase describing the object of fear.

An added example contrasting what was closed (object) with why it was closed (reason).