Ghafir
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Ghafir · Ayah 18

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Translation

And warn them

Word Breakdown

وَأَنذِرْهُمْ

And warn them

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أنذرْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculineSingularImperativeForm ((IV))
Rootنذر
Very common

to warn; a warner, warning

Lemmaأَنذَرَ

Verb (form IV) - to warn

هُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
وَأَنذِرْهُمْ (And warn them) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Verb form IV — causative
وَأَنذِرْهُمْ (And warn them) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَأَنذِرْهُمْ (And warn them) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.

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