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Al-A'raf · Ayah 72

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So We saved him

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ

So We saved him

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أَنجَيْFi'l · Verb

1st personPluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootنجو

★★★★Common

to save, deliver, rescue; secret/private conversation

Lemmaأَنجَىٰ

Verb (form IV) - to save

نَٰIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

هُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine singular)

him/his/it

3rd personMasculineSingular

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Past tense verb

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ (So We saved him) 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

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ (So We saved him) 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 saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.

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