Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:107
So he [i.e., Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.
Sahih International
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فَأَلْقَىٰ
fa-alqā
So he threw
Word breakdown
فَ
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أَلْقَىٰ
Fi'l · VerbSo he threw
Rootلقيlqy
to meet, encounter, to cast or throw
146× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَلْقَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to cast, to throw, to meet, to offer
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَأَلْقَىٰ (So he threw) 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
فَأَلْقَىٰ (So he threw) 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–IV