Derived Trilateral (without Hamzah) - Bab 4: Mufaa'alah (Muqatalah)

1. Bab Mufaa'alah

Bab Mufaa'alah is the fourth derived triliteral door in the group without Hamzat-ul-Wasl.
Its basic past-tense pattern is فَاعَلَ.
Its main structural sign is an added Alif between the first and second root letters.
The example in this level is قَاتَلَ.

2. Root and Structural Signature

The original root letters of قَاتَلَ are ق، ت، ل.
The added Alif comes between the first root letter ق and the second root letter ت.
That gives the visible structure قَاتَلَ.

3. Two Masdars in This Example

This example is taught with two verbal nouns.
1. مُقَاتَلَةٌ — on the pattern مُفَاعَلَةٌ.
2. قِتَالٌ — on the pattern فِعَالٌ.
Both are used here with the sense of fighting one another.

4. Complete Sarf-e-Sagheer

Recite the complete Sarf-e-Sagheer together:
قَاتَلَ يُقَاتِلُ مُقَاتَلَةً وَقِتَالًا فَهُوَ مُقَاتِلٌ وَقُوْتِلَ يُقَاتَلُ مُقَاتَلَةً وَقِتَالًا فَهُوَ مُقَاتَلٌ الأَمْرُ مِنْهُ قَاتِلْ وَالنَّهْيُ عَنْهُ لَا تُقَاتِلْ
This paradigm includes active and passive verbs, both Masdars, Ism Fa'il, Ism Maf'ool, imperative, and prohibitive.

5. Active and Passive Side by Side

Compare the corresponding slots in the two voices.

PassiveActiveSlot
قُوْتِلَقَاتَلَPast
يُقَاتَلُيُقَاتِلُMudhaari'
مُقَاتَلٌمُقَاتِلٌParticiple

The added Alif remains visible throughout these forms.

6. Command and Prohibition

MeaningFormCategory
Fight!قَاتِلْImperative
Do not fight!لَا تُقَاتِلْProhibitive

The imperative keeps the same inserted Alif that marks Bab Mufaa'alah.

7. A Simple Map of the Level

Remember these points:
1. Bab Mufaa'alah uses the past pattern فَاعَلَ.
2. Example: قَاتَلَ, root ق، ت، ل.
3. The main sign is an added Alif between the first and second root letters.
4. This example has 2 Masdars: مُقَاتَلَةٌ and قِتَالٌ.
5. Active/passive pair: قَاتَلَ / قُوْتِلَ.
6. مُقَاتِلٌ is Ism Fa'il; مُقَاتَلٌ is Ism Maf'ool.
7. Command/prohibition: قَاتِلْ / لَا تُقَاتِلْ.
8. The complete Sarf-e-Sagheer is given together on its own slide.