Al-Mujadila
58:21

Al-Mujadila · Ayah 21

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Translation

Allah has decreed

Word Breakdown

كَتَبَ

Allah has decreed

Word Breakdown

كتبFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootكتب
Very common

to write, prescribe, decree; book, scripture

Lemmaكَتَبَ

Verb (form I) - to write, to prescribe, to ordain

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
كَتَبَ (Allah has decreed) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

Allāh has written [i.e., decreed], "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers." Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

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