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Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 158

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So seized them

فَأَخَذَهُمُ

So seized them

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أخذFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPast

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

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.

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

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