وَقَعَتِand it took place

Example sentences

• لِأَنَّهُمْ عَايَشُوا الْوَحْيَ وَعَاصَرُوا التَّنْزِيلَ وَوَقَعَتِ الْحَوَادِثُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ،

  Because they lived through the revelation, witnessed its descent, and the events took place before them,

  وَوَقَعَتِ — and it took place. 'Wa-' adds a third clause. Notice the agreement trick: the verb is past in a feminine-singular shape even though its subject 'the events' is plural. Arabic regularly uses a singular verb when it comes before its subject, so the plural agreement is not shown on the verb here.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →