As-Saffat
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As-Saffat · Ayah 147

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Translation

And We sent him

Word Breakdown

وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ

And We sent him

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أرْسلْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))
Rootرسل
Very common

to send, messenger

Lemmaأَرْسَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to send

نIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural
هُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine singular)

him/his/it

3rd personMasculineSingular

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ (And We sent him) 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
وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ (And We sent him) 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)
وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ (And We sent him) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

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