And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."
Sahih International
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ
wa-awḥaynā
And We inspired
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أوْحيْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd We inspired
to inspire, reveal
78× in the Quran · Occasional
نا
Ism · Personal pronounus/our
Grammar rules
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ (And We inspired) 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 & Presentوَأَوْحَيْنَآ (And We inspired) 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–IVوَأَوْحَيْنَآ (And We inspired) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles