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Al-Anbya · Ayah 70

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And they intended

وَأَرَادُوا۟

And they intended

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أرادُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootرود

★★★★Very common

to seek, to go gently, slowly

Lemmaأَرَادَ

Verb (form IV) - to intend, to desire, to want, to wish

واIsm · 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

وَأَرَادُوا۟ (And they intended) 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

وَأَرَادُوا۟ (And they intended) 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)

وَأَرَادُوا۟ (And they intended) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.

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