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Yusuf · Ayah 25

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Translation

And they both raced

Word Breakdown

وَٱسْتَبَقَا

And they both raced

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

L4 Particles

اسْتبقFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineDualPastForm ((VIII))

Rootسبق

★★★★Common

to get in advance, precede, overtake, to pass, come first to the goal

Lemmaٱسْتَبَقَ

Verb (form VIII) - to race

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & PresentL13 Verb Families V–X

اIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them two/their

3rd personMasculineDual

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb

وَٱسْتَبَقَا (And they both raced) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

L8 Verbs — Past & Present

Verb form VIII — reflexive

وَٱسْتَبَقَا (And they both raced) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".

L13 Verb Families V–X

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَٱسْتَبَقَا (And they both raced) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

L4 Particles

Sahih International

And they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"

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