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Al-Mu'minun · Ayah 110

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But you took them

فَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ

But you took them

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

اتخذْFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((VIII))

Rootاخذ

★★★★Very common

to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable

Lemmaٱتَّخَذَ

Verb (form VIII) - to take

تُمُوIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine plural)

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

هُمْIsm · 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

فَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ (But you took them) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Verb form VIII — reflexive

فَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ (But you took them) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".

But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

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