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An-Nazi'at · Ayah 38

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And preferred

وَءَاثَرَ

And preferred

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ءَاثَرَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootاثر

★★★★Common

to follow traces, prefer; track, footprint, effect

Lemmaآثَرَ

Verb (form IV) - to prefer

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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.

Verb 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]".

Conjunction 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.

And preferred the life of the world,

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