Al-Mu'minun
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Al-Mu'minun · Ayah 18

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Translation

And We send down

Word Breakdown

وَأَنزَلْنَا

And We send down

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أنزلْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))
Rootنزل
Very common

to come down, descend, send down, reveal

Lemmaأَنزَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to send down, to reveal

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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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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