افعل
The direct imperative form: “Do!”
The familiar imperative structure requests action. Examples include “ismaʿ” (listen) and “anṣit” (pay attentive silence). In actual discourse, an imperative can occur as a binding order, guidance, permission, warning, or another context-dependent use.
Contrast three situations:
1. An authorized command with no evidence displacing obligation.
2. A friend suggesting a useful act to another friend.
3. Someone granting permission to do what was previously restricted.
The shared grammatical form does not grant these situations identical binding force. The theory of the unrestricted imperative addresses a command without a contextual indication that diverts its ordinary legal force.