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Al-Qasas · Ayah 81

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Translation

Then We caused to swallow up

Word Breakdown

فَخَسَفْنَا

Then We caused to swallow up

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

L4 Particles

خسفْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPast

Rootخسف

★★★★Uncommon

to cause the earth to swallow up, to sink into the ground, eclipse

Lemmaخَسَفَ

Verb (form I) - to cause to swallow

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & Present

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb

فَخَسَفْنَا (Then We caused to swallow up) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

L8 Verbs — Past & Present

Sahih International

And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.

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