Ta-Ha
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Ta-Ha · Ayah 121

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Translation

Then they both ate

Word Breakdown

فَأَكَلَا

Then they both ate

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أكلFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineDualPast
Rootاكل
Very common

to eat, consume

Lemmaأَكَلَ

Verb (form I) - to eat, to consume

اIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them two/their

3rd personMasculineDual

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
فَأَكَلَا (Then they both ate) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

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