Hafiz soon
An-Nazi'at · 79:38
And preferred the life of the world,
Sahih International
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وَءَاثَرَ
waāthara
And preferred
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
ءَاثَرَ
Fi'l · VerbAnd preferred
RootاثرAvr
to follow traces, prefer; track, footprint, effect
21× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaآثَرَVerb (form IV) - to prefer
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَءَاثَرَ (And preferred) 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 & PresentVerb form IV — causative
وَءَاثَرَ (And preferred) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVConjunction وَ (and)
وَءَاثَرَ (And preferred) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles