Yunus
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Yunus · Ayah 87

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Translation

And We inspired

Word Breakdown

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ

And We inspired

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

أوْحيْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))
Rootوحي
Common

to inspire, reveal

Lemmaأَوْحَىٰٓ

Verb (form IV) - to reveal, to inspire

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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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.
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]".

Sahih International

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."

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