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Yunus · 10:87

And We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people in Egypt in houses and make your houses [facing the] qiblah and establish prayer and give good tidings to the believers."

Sahih International

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وَأَوْحَيْنَآ

wa-awḥaynā

And We inspired

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Resumption particle

and

أوْحيْ

Fi'l · Verb

And We inspired

RootوحيwHy

to inspire, reveal

78× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaأَوْحَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to reveal, to inspire

نا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ (And We inspired) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present
Verb form IV — causative

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ (And We inspired) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV