Al-Anfal
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Al-Anfal · Ayah 60

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Translation

And prepare

Word Breakdown

وَأَعِدُّوا۟

And prepare

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

أَعِدُّFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperativeForm ((IV))
Rootعدد
Common

number, counting

Lemmaأَعَدَّ

Verb (form IV) - to prepare

وا۟Ism · 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
وَأَعِدُّوا۟ (And prepare) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Verb form IV — causative
وَأَعِدُّوا۟ (And prepare) 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]".

Sahih International

And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allāh and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allāh knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allāh will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.

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