LessonsInshāʾ: Requestive and Non-requestive Forms, Imperative Constructions and Rhetorical FunctionsQuiz

خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍ
Hold firmly to the Book.

خُذْ: an imperative verb, built on sukūn, with an implicit subject “anta.” In connected reading, “خُذِ” avoids adjacent sukūns.
الْكِتَابَ: the accusative direct object.
بِقُوَّةٍ: a prepositional expression specifying the manner of taking or holding.

The demand is not merely to touch a book but to take hold firmly and seriously. This wording occurs in Qurʾān 19:12. The imperative is supplemented by an expression clarifying how the action is to be performed.

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First form: the direct imperative verb

Inshāʾ: Requestive and Non-requestive Forms, Imperative Constructions and Rhetorical Functions

خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍ
Hold firmly to the Book.

خُذْ: an imperative verb, built on sukūn, with an implicit subject “anta.” In connected reading, “خُذِ” avoids adjacent sukūns.
الْكِتَابَ: the accusative direct object.
بِقُوَّةٍ: a prepositional expression specifying the manner of taking or holding.

The demand is not merely to touch a book but to take hold firmly and seriously. This wording occurs in Qurʾān 19:12. The imperative is supplemented by an expression clarifying how the action is to be performed.