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Al-Mujadila · Ayah 16

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They have taken

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟

They have taken

اتخذُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((VIII))

Rootاخذ

★★★★Very common

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

Lemmaٱتَّخَذَ

Verb (form VIII) - to take

واIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ (They have taken) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Verb form VIII — reflexive

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ (They have taken) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".

They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

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