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Al-Mu'minun · Ayah 53

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But they cut off

فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟

But they cut off

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

تقطعُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((V))

Rootقطع

★★★★Common

to cut, cut off, separate, turn aside

Lemmaتَّقَطَّعَ

Verb (form V) - to cut, to severe

واIsm · 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

فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ (But they cut off) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form V — doing to oneself

فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ (But they cut off) uses form V (تَفَعَّلَ) — it's the reflexive of form II, meaning doing the action to yourself.

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

But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.

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