Hafiz soon
Ash-Shu'ara · 26:217
And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
Sahih International
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وَتَوَكَّلْ
watawakkal
And put (your) trust
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
توكلْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd put (your) trust
Rootوكلwkl
to put trust in, entrust, appoint as guardian or disposer of affairs
70× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaتَوَكَّلْVerb (form V) - to put trust
Grammar rules
Command verb
وَتَوَكَّلْ (And put (your) trust) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & FutureVerb form V — doing to oneself
وَتَوَكَّلْ (And put (your) trust) uses form V (تَفَعَّلَ) — it's the reflexive of form II, meaning doing the action to yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] oneself".
Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–XConjunction وَ (and)
وَتَوَكَّلْ (And put (your) trust) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles