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Adh-Dhariyat · Ayah 29

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Then came forward

فَأَقْبَلَتِ

Then came forward

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أقْبلتFi'l · Verb

3rd personFeminineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootقبل

★★★★Very common

to be before, accept; direction faced

Lemmaأَقْبَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to approach

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Past tense verb

فَأَقْبَلَتِ (Then came forward) 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

فَأَقْبَلَتِ (Then came forward) 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 his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

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