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An-Nisa · Ayah 106

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And seek forgiveness

وَٱسْتَغْفِرِ

And seek forgiveness

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

ٱسْتَغْفِرِFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculineSingularImperativeForm ((X))

Rootغفر

★★★★Very common

to forgive, pardon

Lemmaٱسْتَغْفَرَ

Verb (form X) - to ask forgiveness

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Command verb

وَٱسْتَغْفِرِ (And seek forgiveness) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

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

Verb form X — seeking/requesting

وَٱسْتَغْفِرِ (And seek forgiveness) uses form X (إِسْتَفْعَلَ) — it means seeking or asking for the action.

We translate it as "to seek [action]" or "to ask for [action]".

And seek forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

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