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Al-Buruj · Ayah 4

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Destroyed were

قُتِلَ

Destroyed were

قُتِلَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastPassive

Rootقتل

★★★★Very common

to kill, slay, fight

Lemmaقَتَلَ

Verb (form I) - to kill

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Past tense verb

قُتِلَ (Destroyed were) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Passive voice

قُتِلَ (Destroyed were) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

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