نَزَلَتْdescended

Example sentences

• فَنزلت السكينَة فارتفع خوف الْحَادِث

  Then tranquility descended, and fear of the event was lifted.

  فَنَزَلَتِ — so it descended. The '-at' on this past verb is the feminine subject marker, agreeing in advance with 'tranquility' (a feminine noun) that follows. Arabic puts the verb first and lets the subject come after, so the verb already announces 'she/it' before naming what descended.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →

• نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ نُزُولَ الضَّيْفِ عَلَى أَقْوَامٍ لِئَامٍ،

  A visitation came upon them, the arrival of the guest among mean-spirited people.

  نَزَلَتْ — came down. A past-tense verb with the feminine -at ending, reading impersonally here, 'it came down / a coming-down happened'. The feminine agreement looks ahead to the feminine action-noun and the visitation it describes. Arabic often opens with such a verb before its subject is spelled out.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →