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Al-A'raf · Ayah 133

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So We sent

فَأَرْسَلْنَا

So We sent

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أَرْسَلْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootرسل

★★★★Very common

to send, messenger

Lemmaأَرْسَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to send

نَاIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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Past tense verb

فَأَرْسَلْنَا (So We sent) 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

فَأَرْسَلْنَا (So We sent) 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 We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

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