Hafiz soon
As-Saffat · 37:107

And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

Sahih International

Word 1 of 3

وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ

wafadaynāhu

And We ransomed him

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

فديْ

Fi'l · Verb

And We ransomed him

Rootفديfdy

to ransom, pay redemption price

13× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaفَدَيْVerb (form I) - to ransom

ن

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

هُ

Ism · Personal pronoun

him/his/it

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ (And We ransomed him) 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 & Present
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ (And We ransomed him) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles