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Maryam · Ayah 55
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Translation
And he used
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
وَكَانَ (And he used) 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)
وَكَانَ (And he used) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Sahih International
And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him].
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