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Al-Fajr · Ayah 12

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And (made) much

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟

And (made) much

فَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: indicates sequence or consequence

and then

أَكْثَرُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((IV))

Rootكثر

★★★★Very common

to surpass in number or quantity, be much, many, numerous, increase, multiply

Lemmaأَكْثَرُ

Verb (form IV) - to be many, to be frequent

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ (And (made) much) 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

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ (And (made) much) 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 فَ (and then/so)

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ (And (made) much) starts with فَ, which means "and then" or "so" — it shows sequence or consequence.

We add "and then" or "so" to show the order of events.

And increased therein the corruption.

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