Al-Munafiqun
63:2

Al-Munafiqun · Ayah 2

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Translation

They take

Word Breakdown

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟

They take

Word Breakdown

ٱتَّخَذُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((VIII))
Rootاخذ
Very common

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

Lemmaٱتَّخَذَ

Verb (form VIII) - to take

وٓا۟Ism · 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
ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ (They take) 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 take) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".

Sahih International

They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

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