Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 65

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Translation

Then they found

Word Breakdown

فَوَجَدَا

Then they found

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

وجدFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineDualPast
Rootوجد
Very common

to find

Lemmaوَجَدَ

Verb (form I) - to find

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
فَوَجَدَا (Then they found) 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 found a servant from among Our servants [i.e., al-Khiḍr] to whom We had given mercy from Us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.

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