Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Al-Ankabut · 29:26

And Lot believed him. [Abraham] said, "Indeed, I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

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۞ فَـَٔامَنَ

faāmana

And believed

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and then

ـامن

Fi'l · Verb

And believed

RootامنAmn

to believe, faith, security, trust

879× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaءَامَنَVerb (form IV) - to believe

Past tense verb

۞ فَـَٔامَنَ (And believed) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form IV — causative

۞ فَـَٔامَنَ (And believed) 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]".

Conjunction فَ (and then/so)

۞ فَـَٔامَنَ (And believed) starts with فَ, which means "and then" or "so" — it shows sequence or consequence.

We add "and then" or "so" to show the order of events.