Adh-Dhariyat
51:53

Adh-Dhariyat · Ayah 53

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Translation

Have they transmitted it to them?

Word Breakdown

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟

Have they transmitted it to them?

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

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تواصFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((VI))
Rootوصي
Common

to enjoin, to charge, to bequeath

Lemmaتَوَاصَ

Verb (form VI) - to enjoin, to transmit

وْاIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ (Have they transmitted it to them?) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form VI — doing together
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ (Have they transmitted it to them?) uses form VI (تَفَاعَلَ) — it means doing something together or pretending to do it.
We translate it as "to [verb] together" or "to pretend to [verb]".
Question marker
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ (Have they transmitted it to them?) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

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