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At-Takathur · Ayah 1

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Diverts you

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ

Diverts you

أَلْهَىٰFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootلهو

★★★★Uncommon

distracted, diverted from, to distract, preoccupy, to play

Lemmaأَلْهَىٰ

Verb (form IV) - to distract, to divert

كُمُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine plural)

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ (Diverts you) 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

أَلْهَىٰكُمُ (Diverts you) 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]".

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

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