And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allāh will enrich them from His bounty, and Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
Sahih International
وَأَنكِحُوا۟
wa-ankiḥū
And marry
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أنكحُ
Fi'l · VerbAnd marry
married, to marry, contract a marriage
23× in the Quran · Rare
وا
Ism · Personal pronounyou all/your
Grammar rules
وَأَنكِحُوا۟ (And marry) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & Futureوَأَنكِحُوا۟ (And marry) 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–IVوَأَنكِحُوا۟ (And marry) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles