Al-Mujadila
58:13

Al-Mujadila · Ayah 13

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Translation

Are you afraid

Word Breakdown

ءَأَشْفَقْتُمْ

Are you afraid

Word Breakdown

ءHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

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أشْفقْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralPastForm ((IV))
Rootشفق
Uncommon

to fear, be fearful, stand in awe

Lemmaأَشْفَقْ

Verb (form IV) - to fear, to be afraid

تُمْIsm · 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

Past tense verb
ءَأَشْفَقْتُمْ (Are you afraid) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form IV — causative
ءَأَشْفَقْتُمْ (Are you afraid) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".
Question marker
ءَأَشْفَقْتُمْ (Are you afraid) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Have you feared to present before your consultation charities? Then when you do not and Allāh has forgiven you, then [at least] establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. And Allāh is Aware of what you do.

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