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Al-Hadid · Ayah 21
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Translation
Race
Word Breakdown
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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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