Hafiz soon
Sad · 38:4

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.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 10

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟

waʿajibū

And they wonder

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

عجبُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they wonder

RootعجبEjb

to please, wonder, marvel, be amazed

27× in the Quran · Rare

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

وا

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

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.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present
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.

Lesson 4 · Particles