So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into it [i.e., the ship] from each [creature] two mates and your family, except him for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.
Sahih International
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ
fa-awḥaynā
So We inspired
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أوْحيْ
Fi'l · VerbSo We inspired
to inspire, reveal
78× in the Quran · Occasional
نا
Ism · Personal pronounus/our
Grammar rules
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ (So We inspired) 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 & Presentفَأَوْحَيْنَآ (So We inspired) 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV