Quran 9:62: The Last Testament

They swear to you by God in order to please you; while God and His messenger is more worthy to be pleased if they were those who acknowledge.

9:62Verse 1304 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

يَحْلِفُونَ

yaḥlifūna

They swear

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

They swear

Letter-by-letter reading

يَyaحْḥلِliفُfuوwنَna

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ROOTح ل ف

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

What this word is doing

“يَحْلِفُ” (yaḥlifu)means “They swear” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is imperfect verb, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural imperfect verb.

“ونَ” (wna)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.