Hafiz soon
Ta-Ha · 20:79
And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].
Sahih International
Word 1 of 5
وَأَضَلَّ
wa-aḍalla
And led astray
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أضل
Fi'l · VerbAnd led astray
RootضللDll
to err, go astray, be lost
191× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَضَلَّVerb (form IV) - to let go astray, to mislead
Grammar rules
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentVerb 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVConjunction 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.
Lesson 4 · Particles