Hafiz soon
Ta-Ha · 20:121
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.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 15
فَأَكَلَا
fa-akalā
Then they both ate
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أكل
Fi'l · VerbThen they both ate
RootاكلAkl
to eat, consume
109× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَكَلَVerb (form I) - to eat, to consume
ا
Ism · Personal pronounthem two/their
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present