Masculine Subject: Use the First Past Form

Explicit Noun Subjects in Verbal Sentences

When a masculine explicit subject follows the verb, use the masculine-singular third-person past form before it.
The visible subject may itself be singular, dual, or plural; the preceding verb remains in this first form.

Arabic sentence
Visible subject
Natural meaning

ذَهَبَ زَيْدٌ
زَيْدٌ
Zayd went

سَجَدَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ
الْمُسْلِمُونَ
The Muslims prostrated

قَدِمَ رِجَالٌ
رِجَالٌ
Some men arrived

نَصَرَ الْمُسْلِمَانِ
الْمُسْلِمَانِ
Two Muslims helped