Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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An-Naml · 27:17

And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows

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وَحُشِرَ

waḥushira

And were gathered

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

حُشر

Fi'l · Verb

And were gathered

RootحشرH$r

to gather, assemble (especially for resurrection)

43× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaحَشَرَVerb (form I) - to gather, to raise

Past tense verb

وَحُشِرَ (And were gathered) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Passive voice

وَحُشِرَ (And were gathered) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَحُشِرَ (And were gathered) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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