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Al-A'raf · Ayah 77

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Translation

Then they hamstrung

Word Breakdown

فَعَقَرُوا۟

Then they hamstrung

Word Breakdown

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

L4 Particles

عَقَرُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootعقر

★★★★Uncommon

to hamstring, wound; barren, sterile

Lemmaعَقَرَ

Verb (form I) - to hamstrung

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & Present

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb

فَعَقَرُوا۟ (Then they hamstrung) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

L8 Verbs — Past & Present

Sahih International

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

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