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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 31

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And He taught

وَعَلَّمَ

And He taught

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

عَلَّمَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((II))

Rootعلم

★★★★Very common

to know, knowledge

Lemmaعَلَّمَ

Verb (form II) - to teach

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Past tense verb

وَعَلَّمَ (And He taught) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form II — intensified

وَعَلَّمَ (And He taught) uses form II (فَعَّلَ) — the middle letter is doubled, which makes the meaning stronger or causative.

The meaning is more intense than the basic form, or means "to make someone do [action]".

And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."

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