Hafiz soon
Al-Hijr · 15:73
So the shriek seized them at sunrise.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 3
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
fa-akhadhathumu
So, seized them
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أخذتْ
Fi'l · VerbSo, seized them
RootاخذAx*
to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable
273× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَخَذَVerb (form I) - to take, to seize
هُمُ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ (So, seized them) 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