Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:78
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
Sahih International
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
fa-akhadhathumu
So seized them
Word breakdown
فَ
Harf · Resumption particlethen
أَخَذَتْ
Fi'l · VerbSo seized them
RootاخذAx*
to take, seize, grasp; to punish, hold accountable
273× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَخَذَVerb (form I) - to take, to seize
هُمُ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ (So seized them) 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