Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:163
And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.
Sahih International
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وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ
wasalhum
And ask them
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Resumption particleand
سْـَٔلْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd ask them
RootسالsAl
to ask, demand, question
129× in the Quran · Common
LemmaسَأَلَVerb (form I) - to ask
هُمْ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Command verb
وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ (And ask them) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & Future