26:187

Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 187

1/9

Then cause to fall

فَأَسْقِطْ

Then cause to fall

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أسْقطْFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculineSingularImperativeForm ((IV))

Rootسقط

★★★★Uncommon

to fall, cause to fall, drop

Lemmaتُسْقِطَ

Verb (form IV) - to cause toll, to cause to fall

Click on a word or start guided reading mode (↓)

Command verb

فَأَسْقِطْ (Then cause to fall) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"

Verb form IV — causative

فَأَسْقِطْ (Then cause to fall) 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]".

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

1/9