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Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 42

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So leave them

فَذَرْهُمْ

So leave them

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

ذَرْFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculineSingularImperative

Rootوذر

★★★★Common

to leave, to let alone, to forsake

Lemmaيَذَرَ

Verb (form I) - to leave, to forsake

هُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Command verb

فَذَرْهُمْ (So leave them) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.

We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

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