Arabic vocabulary
How to say “they were certain” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ
And they were certain of Our signs.
يُوقِنُونَ — they were certain. A present-tense verb of certainty with a built-in 'they', completing the 'were ...' frame from earlier into a settled habit. Paired with the 'were', the present here reads as continuous past conviction.
From: Patience and God's Help →OpenArabic teaches words like يُوقِنُونَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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