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Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 54

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So he bluffed

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ

So he bluffed

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

اسْتخفFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((X))

Rootخفف

★★★★Uncommon

to be light, to lighten, to alleviate

Lemmaٱسْتَخَفَّ

Verb (form X) - to take lightly, to bluff

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Past tense verb

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ (So he bluffed) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form X — seeking/requesting

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ (So he bluffed) uses form X (إِسْتَفْعَلَ) — it means seeking or asking for the action.

We translate it as "to seek [action]" or "to ask for [action]".

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

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