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سَلْ ask in Arabic

سَلْ is how you say “ask” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَقُلْ يُسْمَعْ، وَسَلْ تُعْطَهْ، وَاِشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ

Say, and it will be heard; ask, and you will be given; intercede, and you will be granted intercession.

وَسَلْ and ask

Opens with the linking wa- and continues with a command to one person, 'ask', the second of the three matched command-and-result pairs. It sets up a conditional-like structure with the result-verb that follows, 'ask, and you will be given'. The connective lines this pair up beside the first.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

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More example sentences

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ اِرْفَعْ مُحَمَّدُ، وَقُلْ يُسْمَعُ، وَسَلْ تُعْطَهْ، وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ،

Then it is said: "Rise, Muhammad; say, it is heard; ask and you will be given; intercede and you will be granted intercession."

وَسَلْ and ask

The wa- chains this onto the run of commands as one more 'and', and the verb itself is a singular command, asking. The pairing of connector plus command keeps the imperatives marching in sequence, each linked but distinct.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ اِرْفَعْ مُحَمَّدُ، قُلْ يُسْمَعُ، وَسَلْ تُعْطَى، وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعُ،

Then it will be said: Raise Muhammad. Say: He is heard. And ask, and you will be given. And intercede, and intercession will be granted.

وَسَلْ and ask

The wa- joins this on as the next 'and' in the run of commands, and the verb is a singular imperative, ask. Connector plus command keep the string of instructions advancing, each one linked but distinct.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

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