← Al-Baqarah
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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 59
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Translation
But changed
Word Breakdown
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
فَبَدَّلَ (But changed) 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
فَبَدَّلَ (But changed) 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]".
Sahih International
But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment [i.e., plague] from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying.
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