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Al-Anfal · Ayah 39

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Translation

And fight them

Word Breakdown

وَقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ

And fight them

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

L4 Particles
قَٰتِلُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperativeForm ((III))
Rootقتل
★★★★Very common

to kill, slay, fight

Lemmaقَٰتَلَ

Verb (form III) - to fight

L1 Arabic Word TypesL10 Commands & FutureL12 Verb Families II–IV
وIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine plural)

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural
L3 Pronouns & Pointing
هُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

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

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural
L3 Pronouns & Pointing

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
وَقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ (And fight them) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
L10 Commands & Future
Verb form III — mutual action
وَقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ (And fight them) uses form III (فَاعَلَ) — it describes doing something with or to each other.
The action involves two parties.
L12 Verb Families II–IV

Sahih International

And fight against them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion [i.e., worship], all of it, is for Allāh. And if they cease - then indeed, Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

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