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Fussilat · 41:10

And He placed on it [i.e., the earth] firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information of] those who ask.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 15

وَجَعَلَ

wajaʿala

And He placed

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

جعل

Fi'l · Verb

And He placed

RootجعلjEl

to put, place, make, effect, prepare, produce, appoint, fix, begin

346× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaجَعَلَVerb (form I) - to make

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَجَعَلَ (And He placed) 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
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَجَعَلَ (And He placed) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles