قام مقامه
Arabic
[edit]Verb
[edit]قَامَ مَقَامَهُ • (qāma maqāmahu)
- to take someone's place, to substitute
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:107:
- فَإِنۡ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰۤ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسۡتَحَقَّاۤ إِثۡمࣰا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَحَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡأَوۡلَيَـٰنِ فَيُقۡسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَاۤ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعۡتَدَيۡنَاۤ إِنَّاۤ إِذࣰا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
- faʔin ʕuṯira ʕalā ʔannahumā staḥaqqā ʔiṯman faʔāḵarāni yaqūmāni maqāmahumā mina llaḏīna staḥaqqa ʕalayhimu l-ʔawlayāni fayuqsimāni bi-llāhi lašahādatunā ʔaḥaqqu min šahādatihimā wamā ʕtadaynā ʔinnā ʔiḏan lamina ẓ-ẓālimīna
- And if it is found out that they deserve blame, so [let it be] two others of the heirs [instead] whom this [duty] has fallen upon. And these two [shall] swear, "Our testimony is more truthful than theirs! We have not transgressed; [otherwise,] we would be of the wrongdoers.