Quran 51:44: The Last Testament

But they rebelled against the command of their Lord. So the lightning struck them while they were looking.

51:44Verse 4766 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَعَتَوْا

faʿataw

But they rebelled

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

But they rebelled

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaعَʿaتَtaوْwاā

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ROOTع ت و

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.

“عَتَ” (ʿata)means “But they rebelled” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural perfect verb.

“وْا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.