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قَبْلَكُمْ before you in Arabic

قَبْلَكُمْ is how you say “before you” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

اِنْطَلَقَ ثَلَاثَةُ رَهْطٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ

Three men set out from among those who were before you.

قَبْلَكُمْ before you

A time-word 'before' fused with an attached plural 'you' pronoun, marking the listeners as the reference point. The word governs that suffix into a possessive-style link, so it fixes the earlier people as those who lived ahead of the audience in time.

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كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ

There were among those who were before you.

قَبْلَكُمْ before you

This noun means 'before' and ends in the attached '-kum' (you, plural), a possessor pronoun glued on, giving 'before you (all)'. The '-kum' addresses the listening audience as a group, so the suffix sets the earlier people in time relative to the people being spoken to now.

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