رَأَوْهُمْthey saw them

Example sentences

• فَرَأَوْهُمْ نَاسٌ مِنْ حَرَسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  Then men from the guard of the Messenger of God saw them.

  فَرَأَوْهُمْ — then they saw them. Three things in one word: the prefix fa- ('then'), a past verb 'saw' carrying its 'they' subject inside, and the object suffix -hum ('them'). So a single Arabic word says 'then they saw them'; the fa- marks the next event, and -hum refers to the captured men.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →