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Al-Qiyamah · Ayah 8

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And becomes dark

وَخَسَفَ

And becomes dark

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

خَسَفَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPast

Rootخسف

★★★★Uncommon

to cause the earth to swallow up, to sink into the ground, eclipse

Lemmaخَسَفَ

Verb (form I) - to cause to swallow

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Past tense verb

وَخَسَفَ (And becomes dark) 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)

وَخَسَفَ (And becomes dark) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

And the moon darkens.

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