Quran 18:71: The Last Testament

So they ventured forth until they rode in a boat and he made a hole in it. He said, "Did you make a hole in it to drown its people? You have done something dreadful!"

18:71Verse 2227 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَانْطَلَقَا۠

fa-inṭalaqā

So they both set out

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

So they both set out

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاāنْnطَṭaلَlaقَqaاā۠۠

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ROOTط ل ق

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

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

“انطَلَقَ” (anṭalaqa)means “So they both set out” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern seven, third person — masculine — dual.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine dual perfect verb.

“ا” (ā)a pronoun, a short word that stands in for a person or thing.Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine dual subject pronoun.