Al-Ahqaf
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Al-Ahqaf · Ayah 21

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Translation

And mention

Word Breakdown

۞ وَٱذْكُرْ

And mention

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

اذْكُرْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculineSingularImperative
Rootذكر
Very common

recollection, admonition, remembrance

Lemmaذَكَرَ

Verb (form I) - to remember, to mention

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
۞ وَٱذْكُرْ (And mention) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Conjunction وَ (and)
۞ وَٱذْكُرْ (And mention) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad, when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

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