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جاءَ

jāa

to come

আসা

Root letters: ج ي أAppears 278 times in the Qur'an#42 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form I
Learn it in lesson 5

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IRoot letters: ج ي أ

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)جَآءَ278 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • جَآءَcamejāa · 57 times
  • جَآءَهُمcame to themjāahum · 15 times
  • جَآءَهُمْcame to themjāahum · 13 times
  • جَآءَكَhas come to youjāaka · 11 times
  • جَآءَهُمُcame to themjāahumu · 11 times
  • جَآءَتْهُمْcame to themjāathum · 11 times

Words with similar meaning

Close in meaning, but each word keeps its own nuance.

Examples from the Qur'an

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

Surah 80:2 — Read full ayah

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

Surah 80:33 — Read full ayah

And they came to their father at night, weeping.

Surah 12:16 — Read full ayah