← Al-Mujadila
58:13
Al-Mujadila · Ayah 13
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Translation
Are you afraid
Word Breakdown
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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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