Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

As-Saffat · 37:146

And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.

Sahih International

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وَأَنۢبَتْنَا

wa-anbatnā

And We caused to grow

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

أنبتْ

Fi'l · Verb

And We caused to grow

Rootنبتnbt

grows

26× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaأَنۢبَتَVerb (form IV) - to make grow

نا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

Past tense verb

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا (And We caused to grow) 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

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا (And We caused to grow) 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 وَ (and)

وَأَنۢبَتْنَا (And We caused to grow) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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