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Al-Qasas · Ayah 39

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And he was arrogant

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

And he was arrogant

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

اسْتكْبرFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((X))

Rootكبر

★★★★Very common

to be great, big, mighty; to be arrogant, proud; elder

Lemmaٱسْتَكْبَرَ

Verb (form X) - to be arrogant

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Past tense verb

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ (And he was arrogant) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form X — seeking/requesting

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ (And he was arrogant) uses form X (إِسْتَفْعَلَ) — it means seeking or asking for the action.

We translate it as "to seek [action]" or "to ask for [action]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ (And he was arrogant) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

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