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جَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ. — These people came; the demonstrative is subject in a nominative position.

رَأَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ. — I saw these people; it is the direct object in an accusative position.

مَرَرْتُ بِهَؤُلَاءِ. — I passed by these people; it stands in a genitive position.

The final form stays fixed across all three syntactic roles: that is the effect of indeclinability.

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The plural form keeps its ending

Demonstratives — forms, syntax and usage

جَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ. — These people came; the demonstrative is subject in a nominative position.

رَأَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ. — I saw these people; it is the direct object in an accusative position.

مَرَرْتُ بِهَؤُلَاءِ. — I passed by these people; it stands in a genitive position.

The final form stays fixed across all three syntactic roles: that is the effect of indeclinability.