Al-Hijr
15:83

Al-Hijr · Ayah 83

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Translation

But seized them

Word Breakdown

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ

But seized them

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أخذتْFi'l · Verb
3rd personFeminineSingularPast
Rootاخذ
Very common

to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable

Lemmaأَخَذَ

Verb (form I) - to take, to seize

هُمُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ (But seized them) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

But the shriek seized them at early morning,

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