Hafiz soon
Al-Anbya · 21:58

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

Sahih International

Word 1 of 8

فَجَعَلَهُمْ

fajaʿalahum

So he made them

Word breakdown

ف

Harf · Resumption particle

then

جعل

Fi'l · Verb

So he made them

RootجعلjEl

to put, place, make, effect, prepare, produce, appoint, fix, begin

346× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaجَعَلَVerb (form I) - to make

هُمْ

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

فَجَعَلَهُمْ (So he made 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 & Present