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Al-Hadid · 57:21

Race [i.e., compete] toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allāh and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allāh which He gives to whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

Sahih International

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سَابِقُوٓا۟

sābiqū

Race

Word breakdown

سابقُ

Fi'l · Verb

Race

Rootسبقsbq

to get in advance, precede, overtake, to pass, come first to the goal

37× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaسَابِقُVerb (form III) - to race

وا

Ism · Personal pronoun

you all/your

Grammar rules

Command verb

سَابِقُوٓا۟ (Race) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

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

Lesson 10 · Commands & Future
Verb form III — mutual action

سَابِقُوٓا۟ (Race) uses form III (فَاعَلَ) — it describes doing something with or to each other.

The action involves two parties.

Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV