Quran 23:41: The Last Testament

So the scream took them with justice, and We made them as dead plants. So away with the wicked people.

23:41Verse 2735 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ

fa-akhadhathumu

So seized them

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

So seized them

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاَāaخَkhaذَdhaتْtهُhuمُmu

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ROOTا خ ذ

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.

“أَخَذَتْ” (ʾaakhadhat)means “So seized them” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — feminine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person feminine singular perfect verb.

“هُمُ” (humu)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural attached pronoun.