«أَلْقِ دَوَاتَكَ وَأَقْرِبْ وَخُذْ أَدَاتَكَ وَاكْتُبْ»
Set down your inkwell, come closer, take your implements, and write.
Four imperatives come in rapid succession: set down, approach, take, write. Lengthy explanatory paraphrase can drain their urgency. Retaining the sequence helps recreate the scene in which the master dictates and the attendant prepares to write.
Dawāh refers to an inkwell and adāh to a tool or implement. Their related sounds are decorative; their referents are not identical. The verbs introduce the writing performance, not the finished letter.
Translation exercise
Retain the four commands in order and describe the pace they create.