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15 October 2021 • 3.2K views
BENEFIT 21: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN خَاطِئٌ AND مُخْطِئٌ?
Both are nouns denoting the doer/subject (اِسْمُ فَاعِل) for their respective verbs; (خَاطِئٌ) is the اِسْمُ الفَاعِل from the 3 lettered verb خَطِئَ, and مُخْطِئٌ is the اِسْمُ فَاعِل from the 4 lettered verb أخْطَأَ.
خَطِئَ - يَخْطَأُ ---> (ismul fā'il) خَاطِئٌ
أَخْطَأ - يُخْطِئُ ---> (ismul fā'il) مُخْطِئٌ
Both words relate to committing a mistake (خَطَأ), but there's a major difference between the two❗️
Reflect over the following Āyāt and see if you can spot the difference:
1. (رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنَاۤ إِن نَّسِینَاۤ أَوۡ أَخۡطَأۡنَا)
"Our Lord! Do not take us to account if we forget or make a mistake."
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah 286]
2. (وَلَیۡسَ عَلَیۡكُمۡ جُنَاحࣱ فِیمَاۤ أَخۡطَأۡتُم بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتۡ قُلُوبُكُمۡ)
"There is no blame on you for what you do by mistake, but ˹only˺ for what you do intentionally."
[Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb 5]
3. (ٱسۡتَغۡفِرِی لِذَنۢبِكِۖ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَاطِـِٔین)
"Seek forgiveness for your sin."
[Sūrah Yūsuf 29]
4. (إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰطِـِٔینَ)
"Surely Fir'awn, Hamān, and their soldiers were sinful."
[Sūrah Al-Qaṣaṣ 8]
Before you cross the line ⤵️, I urge you try and work out the difference for yourself...
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The difference between the two nouns:
أَخْطَأ - يُخْطِئُ ---> مُخْطِئٌ
relates to committing a mistake UNINTENTIONALLY (see Āyahs 1 & 2; you will notice the English translation referring to it as a 'mistake')
Whereas,
خَطِئَ - يَخْطَأُ ---> خَاطِئٌ
relates to committing a mistake INTENTIONALLY (see Āyahs 3 & 4; you will notice the English translation referring to it as a 'sin')
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NOTE:
This benefit was taken from Sheikh Abū Bilāl's reading on,
'دفع إيهام الاضطراب عن آيات الكتاب'
By Muḥammad Al-Amīn Ash-Shinqīṭī