Al-Hadid
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Al-Hadid · Ayah 21

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Translation

Race

Word Breakdown

سَابِقُوٓا۟

Race

Word Breakdown

سابقُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperativeForm ((III))
Rootسبق
Common

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

Lemmaسَابِقُ

Verb (form III) - to race

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine plural)

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

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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]!"
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.

Sahih International

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.

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