Al-Baqarah
2:57

Al-Baqarah · Ayah 57

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Translation

And We shaded

Word Breakdown

وَظَلَّلْنَا

And We shaded

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ظَلَّلْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPastForm ((II))
Rootظلل
Common

to shade, to provide shadow or cover, shade, shadow

Lemmaظَلَّلْ

Verb (form II) - to shade

نَاIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَظَلَّلْنَا (And We shaded) 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
وَظَلَّلْنَا (And We shaded) 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]".
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَظَلَّلْنَا (And We shaded) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

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