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Saba · Ayah 16
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Translation
But they turned away
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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.
Verb 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]".
Sahih International
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.
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