Al-Baqarah
2:191

Al-Baqarah · Ayah 191

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Translation

And kill them

Word Breakdown

وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ

And kill them

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ٱقْتُلُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperative
Rootقتل
Very common

to kill, slay, fight

Lemmaقَتَلَ

Verb (form I) - to kill

وIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine plural)

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural
هُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ (And kill them) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ (And kill them) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.

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