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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 · VerbRace
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 pronounyou 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 & FutureVerb 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