Hafiz soon
An-Naml · 27:22
But he [i.e., the hoopoe] stayed not long and said, "I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news.
Sahih International
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فَمَكَثَ
famakatha
So he stayed
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
مكث
Fi'l · VerbSo he stayed
Rootمكثmkv
to abide, dwell, remain, wait in a place
7× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaمَكَثَVerb (form I) - to stay, to remain
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَمَكَثَ (So he stayed) 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 & Present