2:36

Al-Baqarah · Ayah 36

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Translation

Then made [both of] them slip

Word Breakdown

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا

Then made [both of] them slip

Word Breakdown

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

L4 Particles

أَزَلَّFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootزلل

★★★★Rare

to slip, to slide, to make a mistake

Lemmaأَزَلَّ

Verb (form IV) - to make slip

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & PresentL12 Verb Families II–IV

هُمَاIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them two/their

3rd personDual

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا (Then made [both of] them slip) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

L8 Verbs — Past & Present

Verb form IV — causative

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا (Then made [both of] them slip) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

L12 Verb Families II–IV

Sahih International

But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."

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