43:13

Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 13

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Translation

That you may sit firmly

Word Breakdown

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟

That you may sit firmly

Word Breakdown

لHarf · Purpose particle

Preposition: causes the following noun to be genitive

so that

L4 Particles

تسْتوُFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculinePluralPresentForm ((VIII))Subjunctive

Rootسوي

★★★★Common

to make equal, fashion proportionately, establish

Lemmaٱسْتَوَىٰٓ

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

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & PresentL10 Commands & FutureL13 Verb Families V–X

اIsm · Personal pronoun

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

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

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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]".

L10 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".

L13 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.

L4 Particles

Sahih International

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.

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