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An-Nisa · Ayah 9

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Translation

And let fear -

Word Breakdown

وَلْيَخْشَ

And let fear -

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

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لْHarf · Imperative particle

Imperative particle: indicates a command in third person

let

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يَخْشَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPresentJussive

Rootخشي

★★★★Common

to fear reverentially, be in awe of

Lemmaخَشِىَ

Verb (form I) - to fear

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Grammar Rules

Jussive verb

وَلْيَخْشَ (And let fear -) is in the jussive mood — it comes after لم ("did not") or a conditional word, which shortens its ending.

We translate it as "did not [verb]" or as part of a condition.

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Sahih International

And let those [executors and guardians] fear [injustice] as if they [themselves] had left weak offspring behind and feared for them. So let them fear Allāh and speak words of appropriate justice.

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