Fussilat
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Fussilat · Ayah 16

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Translation

So We sent

Word Breakdown

فَأَرْسَلْنَا

So We sent

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أرْسلْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))
Rootرسل
Very common

to send, messenger

Lemmaأَرْسَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to send

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
فَأَرْسَلْنَا (So We sent) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form IV — causative
فَأَرْسَلْنَا (So We sent) 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]".

Sahih International

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

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