Quran 79:4: The Last Testament

Those that press forward in a race.

Translation endnotes

[79:1-5] For the meaning and function of the Quranic oaths, see 89:5.

79:4Verse 5791 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَالسَّابِقَاتِ

fal-sābiqāti

And those who race each other

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And those who race each other

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاāلlسَّssaاāبِbiقَqaاāتِti

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ROOTس ب ق

WHAT THIS ISA naming word (a noun) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)a joining word meaning “then / so.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction fa (then / so).

“ال” (al)the Arabic equivalent of “the.” It makes the following noun specific.Corpus grammarDET — prefixed definite article.

“سَّٰبِقَٰتِ” (ssābiqāti)means “And those who race each other” in this verse. It is a noun form. a word describing a doer or an action in progress. Its opening “mu-” is part of this word pattern, not a separate added word.Corpus grammarN — feminine plural genitive active noun.