And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."
Sahih International
وَأُحِيطَ
wa-uḥīṭa
And were surrounded
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أُحيط
Fi'l · VerbAnd were surrounded
to surround, to encompass, to guard
28× in the Quran · Rare
Grammar rules
وَأُحِيطَ (And were surrounded) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Presentوَأُحِيطَ (And were surrounded) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.
We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".
Lesson 11 · Passive & Participlesوَأُحِيطَ (And were surrounded) 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVوَأُحِيطَ (And were surrounded) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles