Quran 28:42: The Last Testament

We made them followed by a curse in this world, and on the day of Resurrection they will be despised.

28:42Verse 3319 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاَتْبَعْنَاهُمْ

wa-atbaʿnāhum

And We caused to follow them

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 We caused to follow them

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاَāaتْtبَbaعْʿنَnaاāهُhuمْm

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ROOTت ب ع

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

“أَتْبَعْ” (ʾaatbaʿ)means “And We caused to follow them” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern four.Corpus grammarV — first person plural perfect verb.

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

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