اتَّبَعَfollowed

Example sentences

• واستثنى من أولئك من قبل هداه واتبع رضاه

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

  وَاتَّبَعَ — and followed. The wa- adds a second action, a past-tense verb in the pattern meaning to follow closely, with its 'he' subject inside. Coordinated with the guidance, it describes the same person now following; the doubling-style pattern stresses earnest following.

  From: Prayer and Charity →

• وَقَالَ تَعَالَى الْمَائِدَة قد جَاءَكُم من الله نور وَكتاب مُبين يهدي بِهِ الله من اتبع رضوانه سبل السَّلَام

  And the Exalted said (in Sūrah al‑Mā'idah): “There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book; by it Allah guides whoever follows His good pleasure to the ways of peace.”

  اتَّبَعَ — he follows. Past-tense verb, 'he follows', with its 'he' built in, used in a general sense inside the 'whoever' clause. The past form here reads as a timeless 'follows'.

  From: Following Desires →