Arabic vocabulary
تَقَدَّمَ is how you say “addressed” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَقَد تَقَدّم مَا ذكره الْمَشَايِخ من نفي التَّشْبِيه والتعطيل
And what the shaykhs have mentioned regarding the negation of likening and nullification has already been addressed.
تَقَدَّمَ — has been addressed. Past-tense 'has come before, been presented already', subject 'it' inside. The form gives a sense of 'put itself forward earlier', that is, was treated above.
From: Worship God Alone →فإن تقدّم بَطَلَ عن الفرضِ وعن النفلِ المؤقّت
If done earlier, it is invalid for both the obligatory prayer and the time-bound voluntary prayer.
تَقَدَّمَ — done earlier. A Form V verb, 'came forward / was done early,' the case-verb of 'if.' Hidden subject 'it' (the tayammum). If it precedes the time, the verdict below applies.
From: Purification Without Water →عَبْدٌ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ
A servant for whom what preceded of his sin was forgiven.
تَقَدَّمَ — it preceded. A finished-action verb on a reflexive-type pattern meaning 'went ahead / came earlier'; its subject is the relative word before it, so together they mean 'what came before'. The 'it' is built in. This clause specifies the forgiven thing as the past sins that preceded.
From: Intercession on Judgment Day →وَيَدْعُوهُمْ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنَ الْمَوَاعِظِ إِلَى الْعَمَلِ أَحْيَانًا،
And the admonitions mentioned earlier sometimes urge them to act.
تَقَدَّمَ — was mentioned earlier. This past-tense verb means 'came before / was mentioned earlier' and fills out the relative 'what': 'what was mentioned'. Together they name the prior admonitions as the subject.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →وفي رواية فيأتوني فيقولون يا محمد أنت رسول الله وخاتم الأنبياء، وقد غفر لك ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تأخر،
In one narration they come to me and say, "O Muhammad, you are the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets, and your past and future sins have been forgiven."
تَقَدَّمَ — it preceded. A past verb meaning 'went before', with a built-in 'it' subject pointing back to the 'what' just named; it specifies that part of the forgiven sins which came earlier. The subject is carried inside.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →OpenArabic teaches words like تَقَدَّمَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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