Hafiz soon
An-Nahl · 16:34
So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Sahih International
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فَأَصَابَهُمْ
fa-aṣābahum
Then struck them
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أصاب
Fi'l · VerbThen struck them
RootصوبSwb
to strike, befall, afflict; calamity, disaster
77× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaأَصَابَVerb (form IV) - to strike, to befall, to bestow
هُمْ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَأَصَابَهُمْ (Then struck 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 & PresentVerb form IV — causative
فَأَصَابَهُمْ (Then struck them) 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV