أَيَّقَنُواthey were certain

Example sentences

• لِأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعًا عَلِمُوا وَأَدْرَكُوا وَأَيَّقَنُوا أَنَّ مُعَلِّمَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

  Because they all knew, perceived, and were certain that their teacher was the Messenger of God.

  وَأَيَّقَنُوا — and they were certain. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a past-tense 'they' verb (the -u tail marks the plural subject), the third in the chain — 'and they were certain'. The wa- links it to the two before, completing the triple emphasis on the Companions' firm conviction.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →