أَتَوْاthey came

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا أَتَوْهُمْ صُرِفَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ

  When they came to them, their faces were turned away.

  أَتَوْهُمْ — they came to them. A past verb with the '-aw' plural 'they' subject built in, plus a '-hum' tail attaching 'them' as the ones come to. One word carries the doers, the completed coming, and its target together.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• فَأَقْبَلُوا يَسِيرُونَ حَتَّى أَتَوْا مَرَّ الظَّهْرَانِ،

  They then set out walking until they reached Marr al-Zahran.

  أَتَوْا — they came. A past-tense verb 'they came/reached' whose '-aw' ending carries the 'they' subject. Coming after 'until', it supplies the arrival that closes off the walking; the place reached is named in the following words.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَأَتَوْا بِهِمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  So they brought them to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.

  فَأَتَوْا — so they came. The prefix fa- ('so/then') on a past verb 'they came', whose '-aw' ending already holds the 'they' subject. The fa- marks the next step, the captors bringing the prisoners forward; what they brought and to whom follow in the next words.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• وَقَدْ أَتَوْا بِآيَاتٍ مُتَشَابِهَاتٍ،

  And they recited similar verses,

  أَتَوْا — they came. A past-tense verb 'came', third-person masculine plural, here in the idiom 'came with X' meaning 'brought / produced X'. The plural ending carries the 'they' subject. Paired with the 'with' phrase that follows, it delivers 'they brought forth verses'.

  From: Public Preaching →