Hafiz soon
Sad · 38:63
Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"
Sahih International
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أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ
attakhadhnāhum
Did we take them
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
تخذْ
Fi'l · VerbDid we take them
RootاخذAx*
to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable
273× in the Quran · Common
LemmaٱتَّخَذَVerb (form VIII) - to take
ن
Ism · Personal pronounus/our
هُمْ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentVerb 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".
Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–XQuestion marker
أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ (Did we take them) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition