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 · Conjunction

and

أَرْسَلَ

Fi'l · Verb

And 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 & Present
Verb 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–IV
Conjunction 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