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Ash-Shu'ara · 26:63
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
Sahih International
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فَأَوْحَيْنَآ
fa-awḥaynā
Then We inspired
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أوْحيْ
Fi'l · VerbThen We inspired
RootوحيwHy
to inspire, reveal
78× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaأَوْحَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to reveal, to inspire
نا
Ism · Personal pronounus/our
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ (Then We inspired) 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
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ (Then We inspired) 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–IV