Hafiz soon
Nuh · 71:16
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 7
وَجَعَلَ
wajaʿala
And made
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
جَعَلَ
Fi'l · VerbAnd 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 & PresentConjunction 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