Yusuf
12:58

Yusuf · Ayah 58

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Translation

And came

Word Breakdown

وَجَآءَ

And came

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

جاءFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootجيا
Very common

came

Lemmaجَآءَ

Verb (form I) - to come

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَجَآءَ (And came) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَجَآءَ (And came) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And the brothers of Joseph came [seeking food], and they entered upon him; and he recognized them, but he was to them unknown.

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