Quran 16:57: The Last Testament

They assign their daughters to God; be He glorified; and to them is what they desire.

16:57Verse 1972 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَيَجْعَلُونَ

wayajʿalūna

And they assign

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And they assign

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaيَyaجْjعَʿaلُluوwنَna

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ROOTج ع ل

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“يَجْعَلُ” (yajʿalu)means “And they assign” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is imperfect verb, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural imperfect verb.

“ونَ” (wna)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.