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Al-Kahf · Ayah 25

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And they remained

وَلَبِثُوا۟

And they remained

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

لبثُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootلبث

★★★★Common

remained, stayed

Lemmaلَبِثَ

Verb (form I) - to remain, to stay, to hesitate, to delay

واIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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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.

Conjunction 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.

And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

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