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Al-Kahf · Ayah 81

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So we intended

فَأَرَدْنَآ

So we intended

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أردْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootرود

★★★★Very common

to seek, to go gently, slowly

Lemmaأَرَادَ

Verb (form IV) - to intend, to desire, to want, to wish

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

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Past tense verb

فَأَرَدْنَآ (So we intended) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Verb form IV — causative

فَأَرَدْنَآ (So we intended) 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]".

So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.

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