عَرَفْتُI knew

Example sentences

• فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيَعُودُ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهُ سَيَعُودُ

  So I realized that he would return in accordance with the statement of the Messenger of Allah, "He will return."

  فَعَرَفْتُ — so I knew. A past-tense verb with the 'I' subject in its '-tu' ending, opened by 'fa-' that marks the speaker's realization as following from the Prophet's words. The completed-action past reports the moment of understanding.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →