Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Ash-Shu'ara · 26:64

And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].

Sahih International

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وَأَزْلَفْنَا

wa-azlafnā

And We brought near

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

أزْلفْ

Fi'l · Verb

And We brought near

Rootزلفzlf

to bring near, approach, proximity

10× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaأُزْلِفَتْVerb (form IV) - to bring near

نا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

Past tense verb

وَأَزْلَفْنَا (And We brought near) 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

وَأَزْلَفْنَا (And We brought near) 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]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَأَزْلَفْنَا (And We brought near) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.