Hafiz soon
Nuh · 71:22

And they conspired an immense conspiracy

Sahih International

Word 1 of 3

وَمَكَرُوا۟

wamakarū

And they have planned

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

مَكَرُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they have planned

Rootمكرmkr

to plot, to be cunning, to plan a scheme

43× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaمَكَرَVerb (form I) - to plot, to scheme, to plan

وا۟

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَمَكَرُوا۟ (And they have planned) 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)

وَمَكَرُوا۟ (And they have planned) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

Lesson 4 · Particles