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أَطِيعُوا obey in Arabic

أَطِيعُوا is how you say “obey” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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.

From Obedience to God and Authority

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More 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...

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.

From Obedience to God and Authority

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