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An-Nahl · Ayah 55

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So as to deny

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟

So as to deny

لHarf · Purpose particle

Preposition: causes the following noun to be genitive

so that

يكْفُرُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPresentSubjunctive

Rootكفر

★★★★Very common

to disbelieve, reject faith; disbelief, ingratitude

Lemmaكَفَرَ

Verb (form I) - to disbelieve

واIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Subjunctive verb

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ (So as to deny) is in the subjunctive mood — it comes after a particle like أن ("that") or لن ("will not"), which changes its ending.

We translate it as "to [verb]" or "that [someone] [verb]".

Purpose لِ (so that)

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ (So as to deny) starts with لِ showing purpose — it means "so that" or "in order to".

We add "so that" or "in order to" before the verb.

So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.

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