Yusuf
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Yusuf · Ayah 12

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Translation

Send him

Word Breakdown

أَرْسِلْهُ

Send him

Word Breakdown

أرْسلْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculineSingularImperativeForm ((IV))
Rootرسل
Very common

to send, messenger

Lemmaأَرْسَلَ

Verb (form IV) - to send

هُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine singular)

him/his/it

3rd personMasculineSingular

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
أَرْسِلْهُ (Send him) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Verb form IV — causative
أَرْسِلْهُ (Send him) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

Sahih International

Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians."

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