Hafiz soon
Adh-Dhariyat · 51:29
And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
Sahih International
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فَأَقْبَلَتِ
fa-aqbalati
Then came forward
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أقْبلت
Fi'l · VerbThen came forward
Rootقبلqbl
to be before, accept; direction faced
294× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَقْبَلَVerb (form IV) - to approach
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَأَقْبَلَتِ (Then came forward) 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 & PresentVerb form IV — causative
فَأَقْبَلَتِ (Then came forward) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV