Hafiz soon
Az-Zukhruf · 43:45

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

Sahih International

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وَسْـَٔلْ

wasal

And ask

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

سْـلْ

Fi'l · Verb

And ask

RootسالsAl

to ask, demand, question

129× in the Quran · Common

LemmaسَأَلَVerb (form I) - to ask

Grammar rules

Command verb

وَسْـَٔلْ (And ask) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"

Lesson 10 · Commands & Future
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَسْـَٔلْ (And ask) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles