Quran 28:40: The Last Testament

So We took him and his soldiers, and We cast them into the sea. So see what the end of the wicked was!

28:40Verse 3317 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَاَخَذْنَاهُ

fa-akhadhnāhu

So We seized him

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 We seized him

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاَāaخَkhaذْdhنَnaاāهُhu

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ROOTا خ ذ

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 3 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.

“أَخَذْ” (ʾaakhadh)means “So We seized him” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb.Corpus grammarV — first person plural perfect verb.

“نَٰ” (nā)an attached pronoun meaning “we” or “us.”Corpus grammarPRON — first person plural subject pronoun.

“هُ” (hu)an attached pronoun meaning “he” or “him.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine singular attached pronoun.