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An-Naml · Ayah 58

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And We rained

وَأَمْطَرْنَا

And We rained

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أمْطرْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootمطر

★★★★Uncommon

to rain down, send rain (often as punishment)

Lemmaأُمْطِرَتْ

Verb (form IV) - to shower, to send rain

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

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Past tense verb

وَأَمْطَرْنَا (And We rained) 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

وَأَمْطَرْنَا (And We rained) 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)

وَأَمْطَرْنَا (And We rained) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

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