Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Ibrahim · 14:33

And He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.

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وَسَخَّرَ

wasakhara

And He subjected

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

سخر

Fi'l · Verb

And He subjected

Rootسخرsxr

to subject, compel to serve; to mock, ridicule

42× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaسَخَّرَVerb (form II) - to subject, to impose

Past tense verb

وَسَخَّرَ (And He subjected) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form II — intensified

وَسَخَّرَ (And He subjected) uses form II (فَعَّلَ) — the middle letter is doubled, which makes the meaning stronger or causative.

The meaning is more intense than the basic form, or means "to make someone do [action]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَسَخَّرَ (And He subjected) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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