أَتَوْا they came in Arabic
أَتَوْا is how you say “they came” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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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.
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.
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'.