ʿAliqa is one of the less common inception verbs named by the text. Here it means “began asking”, with a bare present-tense predicate.
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ʿAliqa as an Inception Verb
Verbs of Nearness: Hope, Imminence and Inception
ʿAliqa is one of the less common inception verbs named by the text. Here it means “began asking”, with a bare present-tense predicate.