Quran 69:10: The Last Testament

They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. So He took them with a devastating requital.

69:10Verse 5398 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَعَصَوْا

faʿaṣaw

And they disobeyed

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And they disobeyed

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaعَʿaصَṣaوْwاā

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ROOTع ص ي

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)a joining word meaning “then / so.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction fa (then / so).

“عَصَ” (ʿaṣa)means “And they disobeyed” 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.