Hafiz soon
Saba · 34:16
But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
Sahih International
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فَأَعْرَضُوا۟
fa-aʿraḍū
But they turned away
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أعْرضُ
Fi'l · VerbBut they turned away
RootعرضErD
to turn away, to present, breadth; exposure
79× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaأَعْرَضَVerb (form IV) - to turn away
وا
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ (But they turned away) 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 IV — causative
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ (But they turned away) 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–IV