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Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 65

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But differed

فَٱخْتَلَفَ

But differed

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

اخْتلفFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((VIII))

Rootخلف

★★★★Very common

to come after, succeed, replace; successor, opposition

Lemmaٱخْتَلَفَ

Verb (form VIII) - to differ

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Past tense verb

فَٱخْتَلَفَ (But differed) 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

فَٱخْتَلَفَ (But differed) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

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

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

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