Quran 17:2: The Last Testament

We gave Moses the book and We made it guidance for the Children of Israel: "Do not pick any protector besides Me."

17:2Verse 2046 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاٰتَيْنَا

waātaynā

And We gave

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And We gave

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاٰāāتَtaيْyنَnaاā

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ROOTا ت ي

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).

“ءَاتَيْ” (ʾātay)means “And We gave” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern four.Corpus grammarV — first person plural perfect verb.

“نَا” (nā)an attached pronoun meaning “we” or “us.”Corpus grammarPRON — first person plural subject pronoun.