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Did we take them

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ

Did we take them

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

تخذْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPastForm ((VIII))

Rootاخذ

★★★★Very common

to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable

Lemmaٱتَّخَذَ

Verb (form VIII) - to take

نIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

هُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ (Did we take them) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Verb form VIII — reflexive

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ (Did we take them) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

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

Question marker

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ (Did we take them) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

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