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Yusuf · Ayah 38
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Translation
And I follow
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
وَٱتَّبَعْتُ (And I follow) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form VIII — reflexive
وَٱتَّبَعْتُ (And I follow) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَٱتَّبَعْتُ (And I follow) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Sahih International
And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And it was not for us to associate anything with Allāh. That is from the favor of Allāh upon us and upon the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
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