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An-Nahl · Ayah 59
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Translation
He hides himself
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Grammar Rules
Subjunctive verb
يَتَوَٰرَىٰ (He hides himself) is in the subjunctive mood — it comes after a particle like أن ("that") or لن ("will not"), which changes its ending.
We translate it as "to [verb]" or "that [someone] [verb]".
Verb form VI — doing together
يَتَوَٰرَىٰ (He hides himself) uses form VI (تَفَاعَلَ) — it means doing something together or pretending to do it.
We translate it as "to [verb] together" or "to pretend to [verb]".
Sahih International
He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
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