Hafiz soon
Al-Qasas · 28:5

And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors

Sahih International

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وَنُرِيدُ

wanurīdu

And We wanted

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

نُريدُ

Fi'l · Verb

And We wanted

Rootرودrwd

to seek, to go gently, slowly

148× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَرَادَVerb (form IV) - to intend, to desire, to want, to wish

Grammar rules

Verb form IV — causative

وَنُرِيدُ (And We wanted) 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–IV
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَنُرِيدُ (And We wanted) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles