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Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 8

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Then We destroyed

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ

Then We destroyed

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أهْلكْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootهلك

★★★★Common

to destroy, perish, cause destruction

Lemmaأَهْلَكَ

Verb (form IV) - to destroy

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

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Past tense verb

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ (Then We destroyed) 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

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ (Then We destroyed) 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]".

And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

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