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Yusuf · Ayah 84
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Translation
And he turned away
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
وَتَوَلَّىٰ (And he turned away) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form V — doing to oneself
وَتَوَلَّىٰ (And he turned away) uses form V (تَفَعَّلَ) — it's the reflexive of form II, meaning doing the action to yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] oneself".
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَتَوَلَّىٰ (And he turned away) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Sahih International
And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.
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