Ash-Shams
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Ash-Shams · Ayah 8

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Translation

And He inspired it

Word Breakdown

فَأَلْهَمَهَا

And He inspired it

Word Breakdown

فَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: indicates sequence or consequence

and then

أَلْهَمَFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))
Rootلهم
Rare

to inspire, to swallow

Lemmaأَلْهَمَ

Verb (form IV) - to inspire

هَاIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person feminine singular)

her/it

3rd personFeminineSingular

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
فَأَلْهَمَهَا (And He inspired it) 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
فَأَلْهَمَهَا (And He inspired it) 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)
فَأَلْهَمَهَا (And He inspired it) 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.

Sahih International

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

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