Al-Baqarah
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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 195

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Translation

And spend

Word Breakdown

وَأَنفِقُوا۟

And spend

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أَنفِقُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperativeForm ((IV))
Rootنفق
Very common

to spend, to be hypocritical; tunnel, passage

Lemmaأَنفَقَ

Verb (form IV) - to spend

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

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

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

And spend in the way of Allāh and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good.

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