Hafiz soon
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:158

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

Sahih International

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فَأَخَذَهُمُ

fa-akhadhahumu

So seized them

Word breakdown

ف

Harf · Resumption particle

then

أخذ

Fi'l · Verb

So seized them

RootاخذAx*

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

273× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَخَذَVerb (form I) - to take, to seize

هُمُ

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

فَأَخَذَهُمُ (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.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present