Quran 40:14: The Last Testament

Therefore, call on God while devoting the system solely to Him, even if the ingrates dislike it.

Translation endnotes

[40:14] See 39:11.

40:14Verse 4183 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَادْعُوا

fa-id'ʿū

So invoke

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

So invoke

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاāدْdعُʿuوwاā

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ROOTد ع و

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

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

“ادْعُ” (adʿu)means “So invoke” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is second person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — second person masculine plural imperative verb.

“وا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “you all.” It shows who is being addressed.Corpus grammarPRON — second person masculine plural subject pronoun.