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Al-Qalam · Ayah 30

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Then approached

فَأَقْبَلَ

Then approached

فَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: indicates sequence or consequence

and then

أَقْبَلَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootقبل

★★★★Very common

to be before, accept; direction faced

Lemmaأَقْبَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to approach

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Past tense verb

فَأَقْبَلَ (Then approached) 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

فَأَقْبَلَ (Then approached) 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]".

Conjunction فَ (and then/so)

فَأَقْبَلَ (Then approached) starts with فَ, which means "and then" or "so" — it shows sequence or consequence.

We add "and then" or "so" to show the order of events.

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

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