And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which came before him in the Torah; and We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirming that which preceded it of the Torah as guidance and instruction for the righteous.
Sahih International
وَقَفَّيْنَا
waqaffaynā
And We sent
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
قَفَّيْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd We sent
to follow, to send in succession
5× in the Quran · Rare
نَا
Ism · Personal pronounus/our
Grammar rules
وَقَفَّيْنَا (And We sent) 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 & Presentوَقَفَّيْنَا (And We sent) uses form II (فَعَّلَ) — the middle letter is doubled, which makes the meaning stronger or causative.
The meaning is more intense than the basic form, or means "to make someone do [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVوَقَفَّيْنَا (And We sent) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles