Al-Baqarah
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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 251

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Translation

So they defeated them

Word Breakdown

فَهَزَمُوهُم

So they defeated them

Word Breakdown

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

هَزَمُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootهزم
Rare

to defeat, rout

Lemmaهَزَمُ

Verb (form I) - to defeat

وIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural
هُمIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
فَهَزَمُوهُم (So they defeated them) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

So they defeated them by permission of Allāh, and David killed Goliath, and Allāh gave him the kingship and wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allāh checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the worlds.

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