وَقَدْand

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ ثَمْرَةَ الْعَقْلِ وَفَائِدَتَهُ

  And I have come to know the outcome and benefit of reason.

  وَقَدْ — and indeed. 'wa-' = 'and' + 'qad', stressing a completed action.

  From: Intellect and Faith →

• وَقد تجلى الله فِيهِ لِعِبَادِهِ وَصِفَاته

  And God has manifested Himself in it to His servants and His attributes.

  وَقَدْ — And indeed. 'And' plus the particle stressing a completed act before a past verb — 'has indeed'. It underscores that the manifesting truly took place.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• وقد يكون لطفًا من الله تعالى بالعبد الجاهل،

  And it may be a kindness from Almighty Allah to the ignorant servant,

  وَقَدْ — and it may. The connector 'and' joined to an emphasis particle that, paired with the present-tense verb after it, softens to 'it may well be'. This little particle is what shifts a flat statement into a 'sometimes / perhaps' reading.

  From: Trust in God →

• وَقَدْ بَقِيَ لَكَ مَا يَسُوْءُكَ

  And there has remained for you what will trouble you.

  وَقَدْ — and already. A connector 'and' fused with the emphasis word 'indeed/already', opening the clause with stressed certainty about a completed state. The 'and' links to the prior taunt and the emphasis sharpens what has 'already' come to pass.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ وَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ أَخِيَ يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَلْحَقُنِي،

  Then I returned and sat down, having left my brother performing ablution and about to catch up with me.

  وَقَدْ — and having. The wa- here opens a background clause and pairs with a 'qad' that stamps the following verb as already-completed - 'and I had already...'. The combination sets up a flashback to a finished prior action.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →

• وَقَدْ لَخَّصَهَا الشَّيْخُ عَلِيُّ الْطَنْطَاوِي فِي مُقَدِّمَةِ طَبْعَتِهِ لِصَيْدِ الْخَاطِرِ فَقَالَ

  Sheikh Ali al-Tantawi had summarized it in the preface to his edition of Sayd al-Khatir and said:

  وَقَدْ — and had. This fuses a linking 'and' to a completion particle 'had-already', stressing that the coming past action is fully done. The 'and' chains the clause on; the particle is Arabic's way of marking a 'had done' sense without a separate tense.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →

• لَيْتَ شَعْرِيَ وَقَدْ تَمَادَى بِكَ الْهَجْرُ أَمْ مِنْكَ التَّفْرِيطُ أَمْ كَانَ مِنِّي،

  I wish I knew: now that estrangement toward you has gone so far, was the negligence yours, or was it mine?

  وَقَدْ — and indeed. This pairs an attached 'and' with a certainty particle that, before a past verb, stresses that the action has truly and fully happened. So beyond linking, it intensifies the completeness of what follows. It strengthens the 'has gone far' that comes next.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• وَقَدْ يُهَانُ الشَّيْخُ فِي كِبْرِهِ حَتَّى تَرْحَمُهُ الْقُلُوبُ،

  An old man may be humiliated in his old age until people's hearts have mercy on him.

  وَقَدْ — and may. A 'wa-' fused to a particle of possibility, 'and may / and sometimes'. The 'wa-' ties this to the surrounding thought, while the possibility particle softens the following verb to a 'can happen' reading, opening a general truth, 'an old man may well be...', rather than reporting one specific case.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →

• إذهبوا إلى نوح، فيأتون نوحا فيقولون يا نوح ، أنت أول الرسل إلى أهل الأرض، وقد سماك الله عبداً شكوراً،

  Go to Noah, so they go to him and say: "O Noah, you are the first messenger to the people of the earth, and Allah has named you a grateful servant."

  وَقَدْ — and indeed. Two pieces fused: the linking wa- 'and' plus a certainty particle that, with a past verb, stresses the action really happened. Together they add a fresh, emphasised statement, the particle leaning the verb toward a 'has indeed' sense.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →