And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.
Sahih International
وَأَصْبَحَ
wa-aṣbaḥa
And became
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أصْبح
Fi'l · VerbAnd became
to become, morning
45× in the Quran · Occasional
Grammar rules
وَأَصْبَحَ (And became) 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 & Presentوَأَصْبَحَ (And became) 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–IVوَأَصْبَحَ (And became) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles