Hafiz soon
Ta-Ha · 20:78
So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,
Sahih International
Word 1 of 8
فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ
fa-atbaʿahum
Then followed them
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أتْبع
Fi'l · VerbThen followed them
RootتبعtbE
to follow
172× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَتْبَعَVerb (form IV) - to follow
هُمْ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentVerb 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV