LessonsSurah Al-‘Alaq — Part 2Quiz

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ۝١٩
Sentence structure
كَلَّا deters; prohibitive لَا jussivizes تُطِعْهُ. وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب are coordinated imperatives with understood subject ‘you’.

Ayah summary
Do not obey him; prostrate yourself and draw near to your Lord.

كَلَّا — No indeed
Grammar: A deterrent and rebuke particle.

لَا — do not
Grammar: A prohibitive particle that jussivizes the following imperfect.

تُطِعْهُ — obey him
Grammar: A Form IV second-person masculine-singular imperfect, jussive after لَا; subject is understood and هُ object.

وَٱسْجُدْ — and prostrate
Grammar: وَ coordinates; a masculine-singular imperative with understood subject.

وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ — and draw near
Grammar: وَ coordinates; a Form VIII masculine-singular imperative with understood subject.

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Surah Al-‘Alaq · Ayah 19

Surah Al-‘Alaq — Part 2

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ ۝١٩
Sentence structure
كَلَّا deters; prohibitive لَا jussivizes تُطِعْهُ. وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب are coordinated imperatives with understood subject ‘you’.

Ayah summary
Do not obey him; prostrate yourself and draw near to your Lord.

كَلَّا — No indeed
Grammar: A deterrent and rebuke particle.

لَا — do not
Grammar: A prohibitive particle that jussivizes the following imperfect.

تُطِعْهُ — obey him
Grammar: A Form IV second-person masculine-singular imperfect, jussive after لَا; subject is understood and هُ object.

وَٱسْجُدْ — and prostrate
Grammar: وَ coordinates; a masculine-singular imperative with understood subject.

وَٱقْتَرِب ۩ — and draw near
Grammar: وَ coordinates; a Form VIII masculine-singular imperative with understood subject.