Ta-Ha
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Ta-Ha · Ayah 117

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Translation

Then We said

Word Breakdown

فَقُلْنَا

Then We said

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

قُلْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPast
Rootقول
Very common

to say, speak, tell

Lemmaقَالَ

Verb (form I) - to say

ناIsm · 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
فَقُلْنَا (Then We said) 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 We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

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