Quran 11:60: The Last Testament

They were followed by a curse in this world and on the day of judgment, for Aad rejected their Lord. There is no more Aad, the people of Hud.

11:60Verse 1542 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاُتْبِعُوا

wa-ut'biʿū

And they were followed

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form أتبع. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

And they were followed

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاُāuتْtبِbiعُʿuوwاā

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ROOTت ب ع

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“أُتْبِعُ” (ʾautbiʿu)means “And they were followed” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, passive, verb pattern four, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural passive perfect verb.

“وا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.