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Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 53

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Then sent

فَأَرْسَلَ

Then sent

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أرْسلFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootرسل

★★★★Very common

to send, messenger

Lemmaأَرْسَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to send

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Past tense verb

فَأَرْسَلَ (Then sent) 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

فَأَرْسَلَ (Then sent) 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]".

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers

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