Ya-Sin
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Ya-Sin · Ayah 35

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Translation

That they may eat

Word Breakdown

لِيَأْكُلُوا۟

That they may eat

Word Breakdown

لHarf · Purpose particle

Preposition: causes the following noun to be genitive

so that

يأْكُلُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPresentSubjunctive
Rootاكل
Very common

to eat, consume

Lemmaأَكَلَ

Verb (form I) - to eat, to consume

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Subjunctive verb
لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ (That they may eat) is in the subjunctive mood — it comes after a particle like أن ("that") or لن ("will not"), which changes its ending.
We translate it as "to [verb]" or "that [someone] [verb]".
Purpose لِ (so that)
لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ (That they may eat) starts with لِ showing purpose — it means "so that" or "in order to".
We add "so that" or "in order to" before the verb.

Sahih International

That they may eat of His fruit. And their hands have not produced it, so will they not be grateful?

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