Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Qaf · 50:41

And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near -

Sahih International

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وَٱسْتَمِعْ

wa-is'tamiʿ

And listen!

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

اسْتمعْ

Fi'l · Verb

And listen!

RootسمعsmE

to hear

185× in the Quran · Common

LemmaٱسْتَمَعَVerb (form VIII) - to listen

Command verb

وَٱسْتَمِعْ (And listen!) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

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

Verb form VIII — reflexive

وَٱسْتَمِعْ (And listen!) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.

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

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَٱسْتَمِعْ (And listen!) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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