Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Al-Qasas · 28:39

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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وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

wa-is'takbara

And he was arrogant

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

اسْتكْبر

Fi'l · Verb

And he was arrogant

Rootكبرkbr

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

161× in the Quran · Common

LemmaٱسْتَكْبَرَVerb (form X) - to be arrogant

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.