وَهِيَ فِي الْمَاضِي لِتَقْرِيبِ الْمَاضِي إِلَى الْحَالِ.
Translation: With the past, it brings the past event close to the present.
With a past verb, qad often conveys completion with a sense of recency. Qad waṣala al-musāfiru: the traveler has arrived.
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Bringing the Past Closer
Qad: Expectation, Confirmation and Contextual Meanings
وَهِيَ فِي الْمَاضِي لِتَقْرِيبِ الْمَاضِي إِلَى الْحَالِ.
Translation: With the past, it brings the past event close to the present.
With a past verb, qad often conveys completion with a sense of recency. Qad waṣala al-musāfiru: the traveler has arrived.