Al-Anfal
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Al-Anfal · Ayah 41

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Translation

And know

Word Breakdown

۞ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟

And know

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ٱعْلَمُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperative
Rootعلم
Very common

to know, knowledge

Lemmaعَلِمَ

Verb (form I) - to know

وٓا۟Ism · 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
۞ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ (And know) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Conjunction وَ (and)
۞ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ (And know) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allāh is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allāh and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion [i.e., decisive encounter] - the day when the two armies met [at Badr]. And Allāh, over all things, is competent.

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