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7:138
Al-A'raf · Ayah 138
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Translation
And We led across
Word Breakdown
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
وَجَـٰوَزْنَا (And We led across) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form III — mutual action
وَجَـٰوَزْنَا (And We led across) uses form III (فَاعَلَ) — it describes doing something with or to each other.
The action involves two parties.
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَجَـٰوَزْنَا (And We led across) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Sahih International
And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They [the Children of Israel] said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.
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