Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Ibrahim · 14:15

And they requested decision [i.e., victory from Allāh], and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant.

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وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟

wa-is'taftaḥū

And they sought victory

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

اسْتفْتحُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they sought victory

RootفتحftH

to open, grant victory, judge decisively

38× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaٱسْتَفْتَحُVerb (form X) - to seek victory

وا

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Past tense verb

وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ (And they sought victory) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Verb form X — seeking/requesting

وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ (And they sought victory) uses form X (إِسْتَفْعَلَ) — it means seeking or asking for the action.

We translate it as "to seek [action]" or "to ask for [action]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ (And they sought victory) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.