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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 particle

then

أوْحيْ

Fi'l · Verb

Then We inspired

RootوحيwHy

to inspire, reveal

78× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaأَوْحَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to reveal, to inspire

نا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/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 & Present
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]".

Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV