Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:120

And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

Sahih International

Word 1 of 3

وَأُلْقِىَ

wa-ul'qiya

And fell down

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

أُلْقِىَ

Fi'l · Verb

And fell down

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

وَأُلْقِىَ (And fell down) 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 & Present
Passive voice

وَأُلْقِىَ (And fell down) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Lesson 11 · Passive & Participles
Verb form IV — causative

وَأُلْقِىَ (And fell down) 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
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَأُلْقِىَ (And fell down) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles