Quran 33:8: The Last Testament

So that the truthful may be asked about their truthfulness, and He has prepared for the ingrates a painful retribution.

33:8Verse 3571 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

لِيَسْـَٔلَ

liyasala

That He may ask

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

That He may ask

Letter-by-letter reading

لِliيَyaسْsــَٔٔaلَla

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ROOTس ا ل

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

What this word is doing

“لِّ” (lli)This prefix expresses purpose, like “in order to.”Corpus grammarPRP — prefixed prp particle.

“يَسَْلَ” (yasala)means “That He may ask” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is imperfect verb, third person — masculine — singular, a dependent form.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular subjunctive imperfect verb.