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Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 44

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So they threw

فَأَلْقَوْا۟

So they threw

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

ألْقFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootلقي

★★★★Very common

to meet, encounter, to cast or throw

Lemmaأَلْقَىٰٓ

Verb (form IV) - to cast, to throw, to meet, to offer

وْاIsm · 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

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ (So they threw) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form IV — causative

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ (So they threw) 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]".

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

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