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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 251
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Translation
So they defeated them
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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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