جَاءَنِي الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى خَالِدٌ
The people came to me—even Khālid came.
«Ḥattā» can mark the included limit or striking endpoint of an enumeration. It draws attention to the special inclusion of the final item.
Being named at the end does not always prove that the individual arrived last in chronological reality. The commentary distinguishes ordering in thought or salience from external temporal order; context determines which is meant.
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جَاءَنِي الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى خَالِدٌ
The people came to me—even Khālid came.
«Ḥattā» can mark the included limit or striking endpoint of an enumeration. It draws attention to the special inclusion of the final item.
Being named at the end does not always prove that the individual arrived last in chronological reality. The commentary distinguishes ordering in thought or salience from external temporal order; context determines which is meant.