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As-Saffat · Ayah 178

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So turn away

وَتَوَلَّ

So turn away

وHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

تولFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculineSingularImperativeForm ((V))

Rootولي

★★★★Very common

to be a protector/guardian, turn towards/away, friend

Lemmaتَوَلَّىٰ

Verb (form V) - to turn

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Command verb

وَتَوَلَّ (So turn away) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"

Verb form V — doing to oneself

وَتَوَلَّ (So turn away) uses form V (تَفَعَّلَ) — it's the reflexive of form II, meaning doing the action to yourself.

We translate it as "to [verb] oneself".

And leave them for a time.

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