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Adh-Dhariyat · Ayah 40

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So We took him

فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ

So We took him

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أخذْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPast

Rootاخذ

★★★★Very common

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

Lemmaأَخَذَ

Verb (form I) - to take, to seize

نIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

هُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine singular)

him/his/it

3rd personMasculineSingular

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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.

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

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