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Maryam · Ayah 59

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Then succeeded

۞ فَخَلَفَ

Then succeeded

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

خلفFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPast

Rootخلف

★★★★Very common

to come after, succeed, replace; successor, opposition

Lemmaخَلَفَ

Verb (form I) - to succeed, to come after

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Past tense verb

۞ فَخَلَفَ (Then succeeded) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

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