Hafiz soon
Yusuf · 12:82
And ask the city in which we were and the caravan in which we came - and indeed, we are truthful.'"
Sahih International
Word 1 of 11
وَسْـَٔلِ
wasali
And ask
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
سْـل
Fi'l · VerbAnd ask
RootسالsAl
to ask, demand, question
129× in the Quran · Common
LemmaسَأَلَVerb (form I) - to ask
Grammar rules
Command verb
وَسْـَٔلِ (And ask) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & FutureConjunction وَ (and)
وَسْـَٔلِ (And ask) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles