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Ta-Ha · Ayah 62

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Then they disputed

فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟

Then they disputed

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

تنزعُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((VI))

Rootنزع

★★★★Common

to remove, extract, draw out; dispute, contend

Lemmaتَنَٰزَعُ

Verb (form VI) - to dispute, to disagree

واIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ (Then they disputed) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Verb form VI — doing together

فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ (Then they disputed) uses form VI (تَفَاعَلَ) — it means doing something together or pretending to do it.

We translate it as "to [verb] together" or "to pretend to [verb]".

So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.

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