Hafiz soon
Al-Kahf · 18:25
And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 8
وَلَبِثُوا۟
walabithū
And they remained
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
لبثُ
Fi'l · VerbAnd they remained
Rootلبثlbv
remained, stayed
31× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaلَبِثَVerb (form I) - to remain, to stay, to hesitate, to delay
وا
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَلَبِثُوا۟ (And they remained) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentConjunction وَ (and)
وَلَبِثُوا۟ (And they remained) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles