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 particlethen
أخذ
Fi'l · VerbSo 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 pronounthem/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