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Az-Zukhruf · 43:13

That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

Sahih International

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لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟

litastawū

That you may sit firmly

Word breakdown

ل

Harf · Purpose particle

so that

تسْتوُ

Fi'l · Verb

That you may sit firmly

Rootسويswy

to make equal, fashion proportionately, establish

83× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaٱسْتَوَىٰٓVerb (form VIII) - to be equal, to be alike, to establish

ا

Ism · Personal pronoun

you all/your

Grammar rules

Subjunctive verb

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ (That you may sit firmly) is in the subjunctive mood — it comes after a particle like أن ("that") or لن ("will not"), which changes its ending.

We translate it as "to [verb]" or "that [someone] [verb]".

Lesson 10 · Commands & Future
Verb form VIII — reflexive

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ (That you may sit firmly) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".

Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–X
Purpose لِ (so that)

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ (That you may sit firmly) starts with لِ showing purpose — it means "so that" or "in order to".

We add "so that" or "in order to" before the verb.

Lesson 4 · Particles