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Al-A'raf · 7:148
And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.
Sahih International
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وَٱتَّخَذَ
wa-ittakhadha
And took
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Resumption particleand
ٱتَّخَذَ
Fi'l · VerbAnd took
RootاخذAx*
to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable
273× in the Quran · Common
LemmaٱتَّخَذَVerb (form VIII) - to take
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَٱتَّخَذَ (And took) 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 & PresentVerb form VIII — reflexive
وَٱتَّخَذَ (And took) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".
Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–X