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Al-Kahf · 18:74

So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."

Sahih International

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فَٱنطَلَقَا

fa-inṭalaqā

Then they both set out

Word breakdown

ف

Harf · Resumption particle

then

انطلق

Fi'l · Verb

Then they both set out

RootطلقTlq

to release, set free, divorce, set out

23× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaٱنطَلَقَVerb (form VII) - to set out, to proceeed, to go forth

ا

Ism · Personal pronoun

them two/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

فَٱنطَلَقَا (Then they both set out) 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 & Present
Verb form VII — passive/reflexive

فَٱنطَلَقَا (Then they both set out) uses form VII (إِنْفَعَلَ) — it's the passive or reflexive of the basic form.

We translate it as "to be [done]" or "to [verb] itself".

Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–X