And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allāh brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Sahih International
وَأَلَّفَ
wa-allafa
And He (has) put affection
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
أَلَّفَ
Fi'l · VerbAnd He (has) put affection
thousand, to be familiar
22× in the Quran · Rare
Grammar rules
وَأَلَّفَ (And He (has) put affection) 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 & Presentوَأَلَّفَ (And He (has) put affection) uses form II (فَعَّلَ) — the middle letter is doubled, which makes the meaning stronger or causative.
The meaning is more intense than the basic form, or means "to make someone do [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVوَأَلَّفَ (And He (has) put affection) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles