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فَلْيَكُنْ let be in Arabic

فَلْيَكُنْ is how you say “let be” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَلْيَكُنْ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ أَهْلِ طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ

Then let a person be among the people who obey Allah.

فَلْيَكُنْ then let him be

This stacks a connector 'so', a tiny command-marker, and a verb 'be' that has been trimmed into the command mood. The command-marker plus the clipped ending is how Arabic forms a third-person order, 'let him be', a slot English fills with the helper 'let'.

From Silence and Supplication

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وَالْأَخْذِ عَلَى يَدِهَا، فَلْيَكُنْ وَكِيلُكَ عَلَيْهَا الْعِلْمُ،

And the taking hold of it by the hand, so let knowledge be your agent over it,

فليكنْ so let it be

An exhortation form: the 'fa-li-' on the front turns a plain verb into 'so let it be', a soft command aimed not at the listener but at a third thing. It is how Arabic says 'let X be the case', putting the wish onto knowledge rather than ordering the listener directly.

From Guidance for the Seeker

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