Quran 12:9: The Last Testament

"Kill Joseph or cast him in the land, then your father's favor will be all yours, and after that you will be a reformed people."

12:9Verse 1615 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اُقْتُلُوا

uq'tulū

Kill

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form قتل. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

Kill

Letter-by-letter reading

اُauقْqتُtuلُluوwاā

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ROOTق ت ل

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“اقْتُلُ” (aqtulu)means “Kill” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is second person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — second person masculine plural imperative verb.

“وا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “you all.” It shows who is being addressed.Corpus grammarPRON — second person masculine plural subject pronoun.