Al-Qasas
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Al-Qasas · Ayah 8

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Translation

Then picked him up

Word Breakdown

فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ

Then picked him up

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

الْتقطFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((VIII))
Rootلقط
Rare

to pick up, gather

Lemmaٱلْتَقَطَ

Verb (form VIII) - to pick

هُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine singular)

him/his/it

3rd personMasculineSingular

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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.
Verb 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".

Sahih International

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.

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