Hafiz soon
Al-Fil · 105:3
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
Sahih International
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وَأَرْسَلَ
wa-arsala
And He sent
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
أَرْسَلَ
Fi'l · VerbAnd He sent
Rootرسلrsl
to send, messenger
513× in the Quran · Very common
LemmaأَرْسَلَVerb (form IV) - to send
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَأَرْسَلَ (And He sent) 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 & PresentVerb form IV — causative
وَأَرْسَلَ (And He sent) 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–IVConjunction وَ (and)
وَأَرْسَلَ (And He sent) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles