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?"
Sahih International
۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا
waḥarramnā
And We had forbidden
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
حرمْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd We had forbidden
to forbid, make sacred/unlawful
83× in the Quran · Occasional
نا
Ism · Personal pronounus/our
Grammar rules
۞ 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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present۞ 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV۞ 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.
Lesson 4 · Particles