44:23

Ad-Dukhan · Ayah 23

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Then ""Set out

فَأَسْرِ

Then ""Set out

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

أسْرFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculineSingularImperativeForm ((IV))

Rootسري

★★★★Uncommon

to travel at night

Lemmaأَسْرَىٰ

Verb (form IV) - to travel, to take

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Command verb

فَأَسْرِ (Then ""Set out) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

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

Verb form IV — causative

فَأَسْرِ (Then ""Set out) 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]".

[Allāh said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.

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