أَطِيعُواobey

Example sentences

• كما قال تعالى ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ

  As Allah the Exalted said: O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you; then if you dispute about anything...

  أَطِيعُوا — obey. A command form aimed at a group, 'obey (you all)'. The plural command ending is what shows the order is addressed to many, not one, and it launches the series of imperatives in the verse.

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• كما قال تعالى ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ

  As Allah the Exalted said: O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you; then if you dispute about anything...

  وَأَطِيعُوا — and obey. The wa- joins a second command to the first, and the verb it carries is again a plural 'obey (you all)'. The repeated imperative builds the verse's chain of three things to obey.

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