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Al-Isra · Ayah 103

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So he intended

فَأَرَادَ

So he intended

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أرادFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootرود

★★★★Very common

to seek, to go gently, slowly

Lemmaأَرَادَ

Verb (form IV) - to intend, to desire, to want, to wish

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Past tense verb

فَأَرَادَ (So he intended) 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

فَأَرَادَ (So he intended) 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 he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.

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