Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Az-Zumar · 39:12

And I have been commanded to be the first [among you] of the Muslims."

Sahih International

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وَأُمِرْتُ

wa-umir'tu

And I am commanded

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

أُمرْ

Fi'l · Verb

And I am commanded

RootامرAmr

matter, affair, command

248× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَمَرَVerb (form I) - to order, to command

تُ

Ism · Personal pronoun

me/my

Past tense verb

وَأُمِرْتُ (And I am commanded) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Passive voice

وَأُمِرْتُ (And I am commanded) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَأُمِرْتُ (And I am commanded) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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