Lesson 55 · قَدْ
Already, may: قَدْ
قَدْ before a past verb means “already” or “indeed”: قَدْ وَصَلَ الضُّيُوفُ (the guests have arrived). Before a present verb it means “may” or “sometimes”: قَدْ يَتَأَخَّرُ (he may be late).
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Examples
قَدْ وَصَلَ الضُّيُوفُqad waṣala ḍ-ḍuyuufuThe guests have arrived.
قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُqad qaamati ṣ-ṣalaatuThe prayer has begun.
قَدْ يَنْزِلُ الْمَطَرُ الْيَوْمَqad yanzilu l-maṭaru l-yawmaIt may rain today.
لَقَدْ نَجَحْتُ فِي الِامْتِحَانِlaqad najaḥtu fil-imtiḥaaniI really did pass the exam!
فَرِحْتُ فَرَحًا كَبِيرًاfariḥtu faraḥan kabiiranI was overjoyed.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَqad aflaḥa l-mu’minuunaThe believers have succeeded. (23:1)
Key points
- لَقَدْ is stronger: لَقَدْ نَجَحْتُ! (I really did pass!).
- You hear it in the iqama before the prayer: قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ (the prayer has begun).
- Another way to stress an action is to repeat it as a verbal noun: فَرِحْتُ فَرَحًا كَبِيرًا (I was overjoyed; literally “I rejoiced a great rejoicing”).
Practice
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Say “The lesson has begun.”
قَدْ بَدَأَ الدَّرْسُ qad bada’a d-darsu
Say “He may come tomorrow.”
قَدْ يَأْتِي غَدًا qad ya’tii ghadan
Say “I really did learn!”
لَقَدْ تَعَلَّمْتُ laqad taʿallamtu