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Ta-Ha · Ayah 78

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Then followed them

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ

Then followed them

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أتْبعFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootتبع

★★★★Very common

to follow

Lemmaأَتْبَعَ

Verb (form IV) - to follow

هُمْIsm · 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

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ (Then followed them) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form IV — causative

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ (Then followed them) 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]".

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,

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