← Ash-Shu'ara
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 63
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Translation
Then We inspired
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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.
Verb 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]".
Sahih International
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
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