Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Al-Isra · 17:53

And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.

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وَقُل

waqul

And say

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

قُل

Fi'l · Verb

And say

Rootقولqwl

to say, speak, tell

1,722× in the Quran · Extremely common

LemmaقَالَVerb (form I) - to say

Command verb

وَقُل (And say) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَقُل (And say) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.