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Maryam · Ayah 81

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And they have taken

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟

And they have taken

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

اتخذُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((VIII))

Rootاخذ

★★★★Very common

to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable

Lemmaٱتَّخَذَ

Verb (form VIII) - to take

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ (And they have taken) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form VIII — reflexive

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ (And they have taken) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ (And they have taken) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

And they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

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