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Al-A'raf · 7:169

And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] taken from them that they would not say about Allāh except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allāh, so will you not use reason?

Sahih International

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فَخَلَفَ

fakhalafa

Then succeeded

Word breakdown

فَ

Harf · Resumption particle

then

خَلَفَ

Fi'l · Verb

Then succeeded

Rootخلفxlf

to come after, succeed, replace; successor, opposition

127× in the Quran · Common

LemmaخَلَفَVerb (form I) - to succeed, to come after

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

فَخَلَفَ (Then succeeded) 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 & Present