Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Al-A'raf · 7:21

And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

Sahih International

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وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ

waqāsamahumā

And he swore (to) both of them

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

قَاسَمَ

Fi'l · Verb

And he swore (to) both of them

Rootقسمqsm

to divide, distribute; to swear, take an oath

33× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaقَاسَمَVerb (form III) - to swear

هُمَآ

Ism · Personal pronoun

them two/their

Past tense verb

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ (And he swore (to) both of them) 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

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ (And he swore (to) both of them) uses form III (فَاعَلَ) — it describes doing something with or to each other.

The action involves two parties.

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ (And he swore (to) both of them) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.