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Ta-Ha · Ayah 79

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And led astray

وَأَضَلَّ

And led astray

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أضلFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootضلل

★★★★Very common

to err, go astray, be lost

Lemmaأَضَلَّ

Verb (form IV) - to let go astray, to mislead

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Past tense verb

وَأَضَلَّ (And led astray) 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

وَأَضَلَّ (And led astray) 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]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَأَضَلَّ (And led astray) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].

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