Quran 20:69: The Last Testament

"Cast down what is in your right hand; it will consume what they have made. They have only made the work of a magician, and the magician will not succeed no matter what he does."

20:69Verse 2435 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاَلْقِ

wa-alqi

And throw

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And throw

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاَāaلْlقِqi

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ROOTل ق ي

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

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).

“أَلْقِ” (ʾaalqi)means “And throw” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is verb pattern four, second person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — second person masculine singular imperative verb.