Hafiz soon
An-Najm · 53:34
And gave a little and [then] refrained?
Sahih International
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وَأَعْطَىٰ
wa-aʿṭā
And gave
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أعْطى
Fi'l · VerbAnd gave
RootعطوETw
to give present, offer
14× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaأَعْطَىٰVerb (form IV) - to give
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَأَعْطَىٰ (And gave) 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 & PresentVerb form IV — causative
وَأَعْطَىٰ (And gave) 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVConjunction وَ (and)
وَأَعْطَىٰ (And gave) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles