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Al-A'raf · Ayah 79
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Translation
So he turned away
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
فَتَوَلَّىٰ (So he turned away) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form V — doing to oneself
فَتَوَلَّىٰ (So he turned away) uses form V (تَفَعَّلَ) — it's the reflexive of form II, meaning doing the action to yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] oneself".
Sahih International
And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."
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