أَقْبَلُواthey came

Example sentences

• 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.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• 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.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →