Hafiz soon
Adh-Dhariyat · 51:44
But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 8
فَعَتَوْا۟
faʿataw
But they rebelled
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
عت
Fi'l · VerbBut they rebelled
RootعتوEtw
to rebel excessively, transgress bounds with insolence and violence
10× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaعَتَVerb (form I) - to be insolent, to exceed, to rebell
وْا
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَعَتَوْا۟ (But they rebelled) 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