شَاهَدُواthey witnessed

Example sentences

• فَكَانَ نَقْلُهُمْ لِمَا سَمِعُوهُ وَشَاهَدُوهُ وَتَعَلَّمُوهُ مِنْهُ دَقِيقًا،

  Thus their reporting of what they had heard, seen, and learned from him was precise.

  وَشَاهَدُوهُ — and they saw it. 'Wa-' coordinates this with 'heard', adding a second parallel action. The verb is past with a 'they' subject and an attached '-hu' = 'it' object referring to the same content: 'and they saw it'.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →