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Al-A'raf · Ayah 120

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And fell down

وَأُلْقِىَ

And fell down

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أُلْقِىَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))Passive

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

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.

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".

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]".

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.

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

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