17:2

Al-Isra · Ayah 2

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And We gave

وَءَاتَيْنَا

And We gave

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ءاتيْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootاتي

★★★★Very common

to come, bring, give

Lemmaآتَى

Verb (form IV) - to give

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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Past tense verb

وَءَاتَيْنَا (And We gave) 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

وَءَاتَيْنَا (And We gave) 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]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَءَاتَيْنَا (And We gave) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,

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