Hafiz soon
Ta-Ha · 20:69
And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."
Sahih International
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وَأَلْقِ
wa-alqi
And throw
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
ألْق
Fi'l · VerbAnd throw
Rootلقيlqy
to meet, encounter, to cast or throw
146× in the Quran · Common
LemmaأَلْقَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to cast, to throw, to meet, to offer
Grammar rules
Command verb
وَأَلْقِ (And throw) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & FutureVerb form IV — causative
وَأَلْقِ (And throw) 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]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVConjunction وَ (and)
وَأَلْقِ (And throw) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles