Al-Munafiqun
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Al-Munafiqun · Ayah 10

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Translation

And spend

Word Breakdown

وَأَنفِقُوا۟

And spend

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

أَنفِقُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperativeForm ((IV))
Rootنفق
Very common

to spend, to be hypocritical; tunnel, passage

Lemmaأَنفَقَ

Verb (form IV) - to spend

وا۟Ism · 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
وَأَنفِقُوا۟ (And spend) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Verb form IV — causative
وَأَنفِقُوا۟ (And spend) 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]".

Sahih International

And spend [in the way of Allāh] from what We have provided you before death approaches one of you and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be of the righteous."

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