جَاءَ come in Arabic

ويرسلها مع أنفاس الأسف حتى جاءه توقيع فتاب عليه

And he sent them with sighs of regret until a decree came to him, and He accepted his repentance.

جَاءَهُ came to him

Past-tense verb 'came', 'he/it' form; the ending '-hu' adds 'him' — 'came to him'.

From Adam's Descent

قال فما جاء بك؟

He said: What brings you here?

جَاءَ it brings

Past-tense verb 'came, brought', 'he/it' form — here 'what brought…'.

From Early Converts to Islam

قال جئت لهذا الأسير الذي في أيديكم

He said: I came for this prisoner who is in your hands.

جِئْتُ I came

Past-tense verb 'came', 'I' form (the '-tu' = I).

From Early Converts to Islam

قال اصدقني ما الذي جئت له؟

He said: Tell me honestly, what have you come for?

جِئْتَ you have come

Past-tense verb 'came', 'you' form (the '-ta' = you) — 'you came'.

From Early Converts to Islam

قال ما جئت إلا لذلك

He said: I have come only for that.

جِئْتُ I have come

Past-tense verb 'came', 'I' form (the '-tu' = I) — here negated: 'I did not come'.

From Early Converts to Islam

إِذْ جَاءَهُ لُقْمَان وَقد حمل حزمة على ظَهره

Then Luqman came to him, carrying a bundle on his back.

جَاءَهُ came to him

Past-tense verb, subject 'he' built in; '-hu' = 'him' is the object.

From Luqman's Response to Injustice

فَهَذَا التَّوْحِيد الَّذِي جَاءَت بِهِ الرُّسُل

This is the monotheism with which the messengers were sent.

جَاءَتْ they came

Past-tense 'came', and the -at ending is a feminine agreement marker — it points to 'the messengers', which Arabic treats as a feminine-singular group. So the verb's shape tells you who acted.

From Worship God Alone

لذلك جاء الذكرُ المشروعُ بصيغٍ تحملُ المعنى

Therefore, the prescribed remembrance comes in forms that carry meaning:

جَاءَ it came

Past 'came', subject 'it' inside the verb. Here 'came in forms' is Arabic's idiom for 'was given, handed down in such-and-such shape'.

From Words That Nourish the Heart

وَقَسم سِيبَوَيْهٍ الْكَلَام إِلَى اسْم وَفعل وحرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم وَلَا فعل،

And Sibawayh divided speech into noun, verb, and a particle that conveys a meaning and is neither a noun nor a verb.

جَاءَ that comes

Past 'came', subject 'it' inside, describing the particle — 'that comes [for a meaning]'.

From Small Deeds, Great Reward

وكل من هَذِه الْأَقْسَام يُسمى حرفا لَكِن خَاصَّة الثَّالِث أَنه حرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم

And each of these categories is called a particle, but the distinguishing feature of the third is that it is a particle that conveys a meaning and is not a noun.

جَاءَ that comes

Past 'came', subject 'it' inside, describing the particle — 'that comes for a meaning'.

From Small Deeds, Great Reward

لذلك جاء في القرآن ﴿فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ﴾، ولم يقل من رجحت سيئاته؛ لأن السيئات لا تُعطي صاحبها وزنًا محمودًا، بل تُسقطه

Therefore, it is mentioned in the Quran: 'So those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful ones,' and it does not say: 'whose bad deeds outweigh,' because bad deeds do not give their owner a praiseworthy weight; rather, they bring him down.

جَاءَ he came

Past 'came', subject 'it' inside — 'it came [in the Quran]', Arabic's idiom for 'it is stated, it occurs'.

From Small Deeds, Great Reward

فجَاء الْبَرِيد بالْخبر من السَّمَاء

Then the messenger brought news from the heavens.

فَجَاءَ then came

'Fa-' (so / then) plus a past-tense verb 'came / arrived', its subject coming next. The 'fa-' threads the next event: then the messenger came.

From The Night of the Migration

أصدق فِي الطّلب وَقد جاءتك المعونة

Be sincere in seeking, and assistance will come to you.

جَاءَتْكَ has come to you

A past-tense verb 'came' with the feminine '-at' tail (agreeing with 'help') and '-ka' (you) attached as object — 'has come to you'. The suffix marks you as the one it reaches.

From The Path to God's Love

فإن هذا العلم في شق وما جاءت به الرسل في شق،

For this knowledge lies in one direction, and what the messengers brought lies in another.

جَاءَتْ they brought

'came / brought,' feminine — agreeing with the plural 'messengers,' which can take a feminine singular verb. It takes 'with it' next — Arabic 'comes WITH' a thing to mean 'brings' it. 'What the messengers brought.'

From Revelation Over Philosophy

ولكن ضلال من لم يدر ما جاءت به الرسل كما ينبغي بالحكمة شر ممن يدري،

But the misguidance of one who does not know what the messengers brought, as he should through wisdom, is worse than that of one who knows.

جَاءَتْ they brought

The verb is feminine singular even though its doer, 'the messengers', is plural. That is a fixed rule of Arabic: a plural of non-human things — and here a plural treated as a collective — takes a feminine-singular verb. So the '-at' ending is grammatical agreement, not a sign that one woman acted.

From Revelation Over Philosophy

فقالت ملائكة الرحمة جاء تائبا مقبلا بقلبه إلى الله تعالى،

The Angels of Mercy said, 'He came repenting, turning with his heart to Allah, the Almighty.'

جَاءَ He came

A past verb 'came', subject 'he' inside — the man. Their plea opens by stating how he came: as a penitent. The participle that follows describes his state. The doer is sealed in the verb.

From Righteous Company

والذي نفس محمد بيده ما من كلم يكلم في سبيل الله إلا جاء يوم القيامة كهيئته يوم كلم،

By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, there is no wound inflicted in the Cause of Allah except that it will come on the Day of Resurrection in the same state it was when it was inflicted,

جَاءَ it will come

A past-tense verb, 'it came', with the subject built in, but here it carries a future sense as the certain consequence in the 'except' clause, 'it will come'. Arabic can use the past shape for an assured future outcome; the doer is inside the form.

From Paradise for Those Who Strive

وقال أبو إسحاق الرجع المطر لأنه يجيء ويرجع ويتكرر

Abu Ishaq said: The returning is the rain because it comes and returns repeatedly.

يَجِيءُ it comes

A present-tense verb 'it comes' with the doer 'it' built in, the rain. The present form frames the coming as a repeated, characteristic action.

From Oaths of Provision

والخير كله من قبل السماء يجي لما كان أظهر الخير المشهود بالعيان المطر

And all good comes from the sky because evident good is primarily the rain.

يَجِيءُ it comes

A present-tense verb 'it comes' with the doer 'it' built in. The present form frames the coming of the good as a general, ongoing truth.

From Oaths of Provision

وقال أبو إسحاق الرجع المطر لأنه يجيء ويرجع ويتكرر

Abu Ishaq said that 'returning' is rain because it comes and returns and repeats.

يَجِيءُ it comes

A present-tense verb 'it comes' with the doer 'it' built in, the rain. The present frames the coming as a repeated, characteristic action.

From Signs of Resurrection

والخير كله من قبل السماء يجي لما كان أظهر الخير المشهود بالعيان المطر فسر الرجع به ومقابلته بصدع الأرض عن النبات

And all good comes from the sky, and since the most evident visible blessing is rain, the 'return' is interpreted as such, contrasted with the earth's splitting for plant growth.

يَجِيءُ it comes

A present-tense verb 'it comes' with the doer 'it' built in, the good. The present form frames the coming as a general, ongoing truth.

From Signs of Resurrection

وأن ما جاء به هو من عند الله

And that what he brought is from Allah.

جَاءَ he brought

Past-tense 'he brought/came with', subject 'he' built in, inside the relative clause defining 'what he brought'. The verb carries the doer internally.

From Proof in All Creation

فلما نزل سألوه من أين جئت بهذا؟

When he came down, they asked him: Where did you get this?

جِئْتَ did you get

Past-tense 'you came, you brought', addressed to a single male, the 'you' subject built into the verb's ending. The masculine-singular addressee is marked by that ending. It is the verb of the question, asking what he turned up with.

From Justice in the Field

فجاءه أعرابي يشكو جاره،

A Bedouin came to him complaining about his neighbor,

فَجَاءَهُ so came to him

This packs three pieces: the consequence marker 'so', the past verb 'came', and the attached 'him' as the goal of the coming. The verb's 'he' subject, the Bedouin, comes afterward. So one word carries 'so there came to him', with the connector moving the story forward.

From Justice in the Field