Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Al-Hajj · 22:24

And they had been guided [in worldly life] to good speech, and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.

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وَهُدُوٓا۟

wahudū

And they were guided

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

هُدُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they were guided

Rootهديhdy

to guide, show the right path

316× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaهَدَىVerb (form I) - to guide

وا

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Past tense verb

وَهُدُوٓا۟ (And they were guided) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Passive voice

وَهُدُوٓا۟ (And they were guided) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَهُدُوٓا۟ (And they were guided) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.