76:17

Al-Insan · Ayah 17

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And they will be given to drink

وَيُسْقَوْنَ

And they will be given to drink

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

يُسْقَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPresentForm ((IV))Passive

Rootسقي

★★★★Common

to give to drink, to water, to irrigate

Lemmaأَسْقَيْ

Verb (form IV) - to give drink

وْنَIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Passive voice

وَيُسْقَوْنَ (And they will be given to drink) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Verb form IV — causative

وَيُسْقَوْنَ (And they will be given to drink) 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]".

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَيُسْقَوْنَ (And they will be given to drink) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

And they will be given to drink a cup [of wine] whose mixture is of ginger

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