Quran 43:54: The Last Testament

He thus convinced his people, and they obeyed him; they were a wicked people.

43:54Verse 4418 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَاسْتَخَفَّ

fa-is'takhaffa

So he bluffed

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

So he bluffed

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاāسْsتَtaخَkhaفَّffa

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ROOTخ ف ف

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

What this word is doing

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

“اسْتَخَفَّ” (astakhaffa)means “So he bluffed” 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.