Hafiz soon
As-Saffat · 37:55

And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.

Sahih International

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فَٱطَّلَعَ

fa-iṭṭalaʿa

Then he (will) look

Word breakdown

ف

Harf · Resumption particle

then

اطلع

Fi'l · Verb

Then he (will) look

RootطلعTlE

to rise, emerge, look upon, ascend

19× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaطَّلَعَVerb (form VIII) - to look

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

فَٱطَّلَعَ (Then he (will) look) 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 VIII — reflexive

فَٱطَّلَعَ (Then he (will) look) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".

Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–X