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Al-Qasas · 28:8
And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.
Sahih International
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فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ
fal-taqaṭahu
Then picked him up
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
الْتقط
Fi'l · VerbThen picked him up
RootلقطlqT
to pick up, gather
2× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaٱلْتَقَطَVerb (form VIII) - to pick
هُ
Ism · Personal pronounhim/his/it
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ (Then picked him up) 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 & PresentVerb form VIII — reflexive
فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ (Then picked him up) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".
Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–X