Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Ta-Ha · 20:70

So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

Sahih International

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فَأُلْقِىَ

fa-ul'qiya

So were thrown down

Word breakdown

Harf · Resumption particle

then

أُلْقى

Fi'l · Verb

So were thrown down

Rootلقيlqy

to meet, encounter, to cast or throw

146× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَلْقَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to cast, to throw, to meet, to offer

Past tense verb

فَأُلْقِىَ (So were thrown down) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Passive voice

فَأُلْقِىَ (So were thrown down) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Verb form IV — causative

فَأُلْقِىَ (So were thrown down) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".