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An-Nahl · Ayah 34

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Then struck them

فَأَصَابَهُمْ

Then struck them

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أصابFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootصوب

★★★★Common

to strike, befall, afflict; calamity, disaster

Lemmaأَصَابَ

Verb (form IV) - to strike, to befall, to bestow

هُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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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.

Verb 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]".

So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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