Ar-Rum
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Ar-Rum · Ayah 43

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Translation

So set

Word Breakdown

فَأَقِمْ

So set

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أقمْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculineSingularImperativeForm ((IV))
Rootقوم
Very common

to stand, establish; people, nation; straightness, uprightness

Lemmaأَقَامَ

Verb (form IV) - to establish

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
فَأَقِمْ (So set) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Verb form IV — causative
فَأَقِمْ (So set) 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]".

Sahih International

So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.

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