وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ
Translation: And the earth, despite its breadth, became constricted for them.
In the excerpt from 9:118, bimā raḥubat is understood through the verbal noun “its spaciousness.” Mā is followed by a past verb and the two are interpreted together.
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Source Qurʾānic Example of Mā
Infinitival Particles: Mā, An and Anna
وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ
Translation: And the earth, despite its breadth, became constricted for them.
In the excerpt from 9:118, bimā raḥubat is understood through the verbal noun “its spaciousness.” Mā is followed by a past verb and the two are interpreted together.