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Al-A'raf · Ayah 107

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So he threw

فَأَلْقَىٰ

So he threw

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أَلْقَىٰFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootلقي

★★★★Very common

to meet, encounter, to cast or throw

Lemmaأَلْقَىٰٓ

Verb (form IV) - to cast, to throw, to meet, to offer

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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.

Verb 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]".

So he [i.e., Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.

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