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An-Nahl · Ayah 15

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And He has cast

وَأَلْقَىٰ

And He has cast

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ألْقىFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootلقي

★★★★Very common

to meet, encounter, to cast or throw

Lemmaأَلْقَىٰٓ

Verb (form IV) - to cast, to throw, to meet, to offer

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Past tense verb

وَأَلْقَىٰ (And He has cast) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form IV — causative

وَأَلْقَىٰ (And He has cast) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَأَلْقَىٰ (And He has cast) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

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