Quran 28:39: The Last Testament

He and his soldiers were arrogant in the land without any right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

28:39Verse 3316 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاسْتَكْبَرَ

wa-is'takbara

And he was arrogant

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And he was arrogant

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاāسْsتَtaكْkبَbaرَra

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ROOTك ب ر

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

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).

“اسْتَكْبَرَ” (astakbara)means “And he was arrogant” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern ten, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.