Sad
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Sad · Ayah 4

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Translation

And they wonder

Word Breakdown

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟

And they wonder

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

عجبُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootعجب
Common

to please, wonder, marvel, be amazed

Lemmaعَجِبُ

Verb (form I) - to wonder, to be amazed, to be astonished

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ (And they wonder) 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)
وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ (And they wonder) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

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