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Nuh · Ayah 16

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And made

وَجَعَلَ

And made

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

جَعَلَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPast

Rootجعل

★★★★Very common

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

Lemmaجَعَلَ

Verb (form I) - to make

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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.

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.

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

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