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Al-Qasas · 28:20

And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."

Sahih International

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وَجَآءَ

wajāa

And came

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

جاء

Fi'l · Verb

And came

RootجياjyA

came

278× in the Quran · Common

LemmaجَآءَVerb (form I) - to come

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَجَآءَ (And came) 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
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَجَآءَ (And came) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

Lesson 4 · Particles