← Al-Qasas
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Al-Qasas · Ayah 12
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Translation
And We had forbidden
Word Breakdown
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا (And We had forbidden) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form II — intensified
۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا (And We had forbidden) uses form II (فَعَّلَ) — the middle letter is doubled, which makes the meaning stronger or causative.
The meaning is more intense than the basic form, or means "to make someone do [action]".
Conjunction وَ (and)
۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا (And We had forbidden) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Sahih International
And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"
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