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Al-Mu'minun · Ayah 41

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So seized them

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ

So seized them

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أخذتْFi'l · Verb

3rd personFeminineSingularPast

Rootاخذ

★★★★Very common

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

Lemmaأَخَذَ

Verb (form I) - to take, to seize

هُمُIsm · 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

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ (So seized them) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

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