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Maryam · Ayah 29

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Then she pointed

فَأَشَارَتْ

Then she pointed

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أشارتْFi'l · Verb

3rd personFeminineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootشور

★★★★Rare

to consult, consultation

Lemmaأَشَارَتْ

Verb (form IV) - to point

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Past tense verb

فَأَشَارَتْ (Then she pointed) 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

فَأَشَارَتْ (Then she pointed) 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 she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

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