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As-Saffat · 37:147

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

Sahih International

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وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ

wa-arsalnāhu

And We sent him

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

أرْسلْ

Fi'l · Verb

And We sent him

Rootرسلrsl

to send, messenger

513× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaأَرْسَلَVerb (form IV) - to send

ن

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

هُ

Ism · Personal pronoun

him/his/it

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.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present
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]".

Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV
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.

Lesson 4 · Particles