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Ali 'Imran · Ayah 104

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Translation

And let there be

Word Breakdown

وَلْتَكُن

And let there be

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

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لْHarf · Imperative particle

Imperative particle: indicates a command in third person

let

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تَكُنFi'l · Verb

3rd personFeminineSingularPresentJussive

Rootكون

★★★★Very common

to be, exist, happen

Lemmaكَانَ

Verb (form I) - to be

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Grammar Rules

Jussive verb

وَلْتَكُن (And let there be) is in the jussive mood — it comes after لم ("did not") or a conditional word, which shortens its ending.

We translate it as "did not [verb]" or as part of a condition.

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Sahih International

And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.

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