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Al-A'raf · 7:77
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."
Sahih International
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فَعَقَرُوا۟
faʿaqarū
Then they hamstrung
Word breakdown
فَ
Harf · Resumption particlethen
عَقَرُ
Fi'l · VerbThen they hamstrung
RootعقرEqr
to hamstring, wound; barren, sterile
8× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaعَقَرَVerb (form I) - to hamstrung
وا۟
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present