Ash-Shu'ara
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Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 63

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Translation

Then We inspired

Word Breakdown

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ

Then We inspired

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أوْحيْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))
Rootوحي
Common

to inspire, reveal

Lemmaأَوْحَىٰٓ

Verb (form IV) - to reveal, to inspire

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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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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