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Adh-Dhariyat · 51:40

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

Sahih International

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فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ

fa-akhadhnāhu

So We took him

Word breakdown

ف

Harf · Resumption particle

then

أخذْ

Fi'l · Verb

So We took him

RootاخذAx*

to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable

273× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَخَذَVerb (form I) - to take, to seize

ن

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

هُ

Ism · Personal pronoun

him/his/it

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ (So We took him) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present