Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 14

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Translation

And We made firm

Word Breakdown

وَرَبَطْنَا

And We made firm

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ربطْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPast
Rootربط
Uncommon

to bind, strengthen, make firm

Lemmaرَّبَطْ

Verb (form I) - to strengthen, to make firm

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
وَرَبَطْنَا (And We made firm) 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)
وَرَبَطْنَا (And We made firm) 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 bound [i.e., made firm] their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.

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