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Al-Kahf · Ayah 85

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So he followed

فَأَتْبَعَ

So he followed

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أتْبعFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootتبع

★★★★Very common

to follow

Lemmaأَتْبَعَ

Verb (form IV) - to follow

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Past tense verb

فَأَتْبَعَ (So he followed) 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

فَأَتْبَعَ (So he followed) 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 he followed a way

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