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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

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فَأَكَلَا

fa-akalā

Then they both ate

Word breakdown

ف

Harf · Resumption particle

then

أكل

Fi'l · Verb

Then they both ate

RootاكلAkl

to eat, consume

109× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَكَلَVerb (form I) - to eat, to consume

ا

Ism · Personal pronoun

them 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