Hafiz soon
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:173
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
Sahih International
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وَأَمْطَرْنَا
wa-amṭarnā
And We rained
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أمْطرْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd We rained
RootمطرmTr
to rain down, send rain (often as punishment)
15× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaأُمْطِرَتْVerb (form IV) - to shower, to send rain
نا
Ism · Personal pronounus/our
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَأَمْطَرْنَا (And We rained) 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 & PresentVerb form IV — causative
وَأَمْطَرْنَا (And We rained) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVConjunction وَ (and)
وَأَمْطَرْنَا (And We rained) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles