Hafiz soon
Nuh · 71:16

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

Sahih International

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وَجَعَلَ

wajaʿala

And made

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

جَعَلَ

Fi'l · Verb

And made

RootجعلjEl

to put, place, make, effect, prepare, produce, appoint, fix, begin

346× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaجَعَلَVerb (form I) - to make

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَجَعَلَ (And made) 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
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَجَعَلَ (And made) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles