Al-An'am
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Al-An'am · Ayah 109

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Translation

And they swear

Word Breakdown

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟

And they swear

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

أَقْسَمُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((IV))
Rootقسم
Common

to divide, distribute; to swear, take an oath

Lemmaأَقْسَمُ

Verb (form IV) - to swear

وا۟Ism · 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
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ (And they swear) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form IV — causative
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ (And they swear) 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]".

Sahih International

And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths that if a sign came to them, they would surely believe in it. Say, "The signs are only with [i.e., from] Allāh." And what will make you perceive that even if it [i.e., a sign] came, they would not believe.

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