أَقْبَلُوا they came in Arabic
أَقْبَلُوا is how you say “they came” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَأَقْبَلُوا يَسِيرُونَ حَتَّى أَتَوْا مَرَّ الظَّهْرَانِ،
They then set out walking until they reached Marr al-Zahran.
فَأَقْبَلُوا then they came
The prefix fa- ('so/then') is welded to a past-tense 'they came', whose '-u' ending already carries the 'they' subject. Beyond the visible 'then', the fa- marks this as the next step in the chain of events, moving the men onward in the journey.
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More example sentences
فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَأَقْبَلُوا، فَاسْتَأْذَنُوا فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ،
So I came to them and called to them; they came forward, asked permission, and he granted it to them.
فَأَقْبَلُوا so they came forward
Begins with 'so/then'; a past verb with the plural 'they' ending, 'so they came forward'. The plural is in the verb's ending, the subject being the people called. The connector keeps the chain of quick actions moving.