And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].
Sahih International
وَأُلْقِىَ
wa-ul'qiya
And fell down
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
أُلْقِىَ
Fi'l · VerbAnd fell down
to meet, encounter, to cast or throw
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Grammar rules
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 & Presentوَأُلْقِىَ (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 & Participlesوَأُلْقِىَ (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–IVوَأُلْقِىَ (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