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An-Nisa · Ayah 127

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Translation

And they seek your ruling

Word Breakdown

وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ

And they seek your ruling

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

L4 Particles

يَسْتَفْتُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPresentForm ((X))

Rootفتي

★★★★Common

youth, young person; to give legal ruling, interpret

Lemmaيَسْتَفْتُ

Verb (form X) - to seek ruling, to inquire, to ask

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & PresentL13 Verb Families V–X

ونَIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

L3 Pronouns & Pointing

كَIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine singular)

you/your

2nd personMasculineSingular

L3 Pronouns & Pointing

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Grammar Rules

Verb form X — seeking/requesting

وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ (And they seek your ruling) uses form X (إِسْتَفْعَلَ) — it means seeking or asking for the action.

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

L13 Verb Families V–X

Sahih International

And they request from you, [O Muḥammad], a [legal] ruling concerning women. Say, "Allāh gives you a ruling about them and [about] what has been recited to you in the Book concerning the orphan girls to whom you do not give what is decreed for them - and [yet] you desire to marry them - and concerning the oppressed among children and that you maintain for orphans [their rights] in justice." And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing of it.

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