← Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 77
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Translation
So they set out
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
فَٱنطَلَقَا (So they set out) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form VII — passive/reflexive
فَٱنطَلَقَا (So they 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".
Sahih International
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
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