Quran 31:19: The Last Testament

"Be humble in how you walk and lower your voice. For the harshest of all voices is the donkey's voice."

31:19Verse 3516 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاقْصِدْ

wa-iq'ṣid

And be moderate

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And be moderate

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاāقْqصِṣiدْd

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ROOTق ص د

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).

“اقْصِدْ” (aqṣid)means “And be moderate” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is second person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — second person masculine singular imperative verb.