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Al-Baqarah · 2:281
And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allāh. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].
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Word 1 of 15
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
ٱتَّقُ
Fi'l · VerbAnd fear
Rootوقيwqy
to fear Allah, guard against evil, consciousness of Allah, piety
258× in the Quran · Common
LemmaٱتَّقَىٰVerb (form VIII) - to be righteous, to fear (Allah)
وا۟
Ism · Personal pronounyou all/your
Grammar rules
Command verb
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ (And fear) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & FutureVerb form VIII — reflexive
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ (And fear) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".
Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–XConjunction وَ (and)
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ (And fear) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles