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قَبْلُ before in Arabic

قَبْلُ is how you say “before” in Arabic.

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واستثنى من أولئك من قبل هداه واتبع رضاه

Except those whom He guided beforehand and who followed His pleasure.

قَبْلُ beforehand

This is an adverb meaning 'beforehand', built on a word for 'before' but standing on its own with a fixed ending. It marks that the action of the clause happened in advance; Arabic gives it this set form when its reference point is understood.

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