Yusuf
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Yusuf · Ayah 16

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Translation

And they came

Word Breakdown

وَجَآءُوٓ

And they came

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

جاءُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootجيا
Very common

came

Lemmaجَآءَ

Verb (form I) - to come

وIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَجَآءُوٓ (And they came) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

And they came to their father at night, weeping.

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