Al-Isra
17:4

Al-Isra · Ayah 4

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Translation

And We decreed

Word Breakdown

وَقَضَيْنَآ

And We decreed

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

قضيْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPast
Rootقضي
Common

to decree, judge, complete, fulfill

Lemmaقَضَىٰٓ

Verb (form I) - to decree, to decide, to judge

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَقَضَيْنَآ (And We decreed) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَقَضَيْنَآ (And We decreed) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."

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