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

لِيُنْفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِنْ سَعَتِهِ
Let the person of means spend according to his means.

لِـ: the lām of command, which governs the jussive.
يُنْفِقْ: an imperfect verb in the jussive, marked by sukūn.
ذُو: the subject, nominative with wāw because it belongs to the five nouns; it is in a construct.
سَعَةٍ: the genitive possessor; “مِنْ سَعَتِهِ” clarifies the source and extent of expenditure.

This is from Qurʾān 65:7. Though the verb is formally imperfect, the lām of command changes the meaning from “he spends” to a directive that he should spend.

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Second form: lām of command with an imperfect

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

لِيُنْفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِنْ سَعَتِهِ
Let the person of means spend according to his means.

لِـ: the lām of command, which governs the jussive.
يُنْفِقْ: an imperfect verb in the jussive, marked by sukūn.
ذُو: the subject, nominative with wāw because it belongs to the five nouns; it is in a construct.
سَعَةٍ: the genitive possessor; “مِنْ سَعَتِهِ” clarifies the source and extent of expenditure.

This is from Qurʾān 65:7. Though the verb is formally imperfect, the lām of command changes the meaning from “he spends” to a directive that he should spend.