← Al-Mu'minun
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Al-Mu'minun · Ayah 18
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Translation
And We send down
Word Breakdown
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
وَأَنزَلْنَا (And We send down) 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
وَأَنزَلْنَا (And We send down) 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)
وَأَنزَلْنَا (And We send down) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Sahih International
And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.
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