An-Nahl
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An-Nahl · Ayah 4

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Translation

He created

Word Breakdown

خَلَقَ

He created

Word Breakdown

خلقFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootخلق
Very common

to create, bring into being, creation

Lemmaخَلَقَ

Verb (form I) - to create

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary.

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