قَرَأَ read in Arabic

فقال النبي ﷺ فقهوا أخاكم في دينه، وأقرئوه القرآن وأطلقوا له أسيره ففعلوا

Then the Prophet ﷺ said: Educate your brother in his religion, teach him the Quran, and release his captive, and they did so.

وَأَقْرِئُوهُ and teach him

wa- = 'and'; a command 'make (him) recite, teach!' to a group (the '-u' = plural you); the ending '-hu' adds 'him'.

From Early Converts to Islam

اجعل للصبحِ والمساءِ وِردًا من الأذكارِ المأثورة، واقرأه بمهلٍ وفهم، ثم اسأل نفسَك ماذا تغيّر؟

Make for the morning and evening a habitual recitation from established remembrances, read it with care and understanding, then ask yourself: what has changed?

وَاقْرَأْهُ and read it!

'and read it!' — 'wa' plus the imperative 'read', with 'it' attached as object. The clipped form is the command; 'it' points to the portion.

From Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart

رجل تعلم العلم وعلمه وقرأ القرآن وأقرأه ليقول الناس هو عالم وقارئ،

A man who learned knowledge, taught it, and recited the Quran, but did so for people's praise, saying: He is a scholar and a reciter,

وَقَرَأَ and recited

'And' plus a past-tense verb, subject 'he' inside, continuing the man's deeds. It is the plain reading / reciting form, setting up its object next.

From Deeds for God Alone

وإن قرأته للفرجة لا للحجة، وللدنيا لا للآخرة،

If you study it for leisure, not for proof, and for this world, not the hereafter,

قَرَأْتَهُ you study it

'you read it,' past with 'you' (-ta) and 'it' (-hu, logic) — the case-verb of 'if.' For what motive you read it is spelled out by the 'for X not for Y' pairs that follow.

From Revelation Over Philosophy

فقد قرأ مقت الشعراء في سورة الشعراء

He has indeed read the contempt for poets in Surat Ash-Shu'ara.

قَرَأَ he has read

A simple past verb, 'read', with its subject 'he' folded inside — the poet. It takes the object that follows directly. No separate word for 'he' is needed; the verb's shape carries it.

From Sincere Preaching

فقرأ في صلاة الصبح قل هو الله أحد حتى بلغ ولم يكن له كفوا أحد فقال اللهم إن كان في الأرض أحد فاجعله كفوا لي

He recited in the morning prayer 'Say, He is Allah, the One,' until he reached 'and there is none equal to Him,' then said: O Allah, if there is anyone on earth, make him my equal.

قَرَأَ he recited

A bare past verb with 'he' built in; no separate subject is needed because the form carries 'he'.

From Bedouin Manners

قال سمعت القارئ يقرأ ولقد خلقنا السموات والأرض وما بينهما في ستة أيام فظننت الأيام أشهرًا

He said: I heard the reciter reading 'And We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days,' so I thought the days were months.

يَقْرَأُ he reads

Present-tense 'he reads, recites', the 'he' subject inside. Placed after 'the reciter', it describes that object in the act, the way English uses 'reading' in 'I heard him reading'. The present tense paints the action as ongoing at the moment of hearing.

From Justice in the Field

ولا قوة إلا بالله فاقرأ كتابك كفى بنفسك عليك حسيبا ،

And there is no power except with God, so read your book; sufficient are you as a reckoner against yourself,

فَاقْرَأْ so read

This is the bound fa- 'so' plus a command verb, 'so read', addressed to a single male. The fa- draws a consequence, and the bare imperative shape forms the order with no separate 'you'; the doer is built into the command.

From True Devotion

عَلَى قِرَاءَةٍ مَنْ قَرَأَ إِنَّهَا بِالْكَسْرِ

According to the recitation of those who read it, it is pronounced with the short i vowel.

قَرَأَ read

A past-tense verb 'read' with its 'he/they' subject understood from the relative word before it. It fills out the relative clause describing the reciters.

From Truthfulness and Righteousness

وَمَنْ قَرَأَهُ، أَوْ سَمِعَهُ، أَوْ نَظَرَ فِيهِ،

And whoever reads it, or hears it, or looks into it,

قَرَأَهُ reads it

A past-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject within the form, closed by '-hu' (it) as its object. It states the first qualifying act in the 'whoever' chain, the suffix marking the book as the thing read.

From Guidance for the Seeker

وَمِنْ جُمْلَةِ مَا قَرَأَ أَجْزَاءً كَثِيرَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ الْفُنُونِ لِابْنِ عَقِيلِ،

Among the things he read were many sections of Ibn Aqil's Book of Arts.

قَرَأَ he read

A past-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, sitting inside the relative clause: the things that he read. No separate subject pronoun is needed; the verb form carries it. It reports the completed act of reading those sections.

From A Life of Reading and Writing

تَكَلُّفُ تَسْمِيَةِ مَا قَرَأَ الْقَارِئُونَ آيَةً آيَةً عَلَى التَّرْتِيبِ لَعَجَزَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ،

He took the trouble to name, verse by verse and in order, what the reciters had read because he was unable to do so.

قَرَأَ he read

A past-tense verb 'read', third-person singular, inside the relative clause set up by 'what'. Its subject, the reciters, follows it; with the verb before the subject, Arabic keeps the verb singular here. It states what was read that would then need naming.

From Public Preaching

ورجل تعلم العلم وعلمه، وقرأ القرآن، فأتي به، فعرفه نعمه فعرفها قال فما عملت فيها؟

And a man who learned knowledge and taught it, and read the Quran. He will be brought, and Allah will make him recognize His blessings, and he will recognize them. He will say: 'What did you do with them?'

وَقَرَأَ and read

This pairs the connector wa- with a past-tense verb, 'and he read'. The wa- chains a third deed onto the list, with 'he' inside the verb, leading into the scripture he recited.

From Intentions on Judgment Day

قال تعلمت العلم وعلمته وقرأت فيك القرآن قال كذبت، ولكنك تعلمت ليقال عالم وقرأت القرآن ليقال هو قارئ،

He said, "I learned the knowledge, I taught it, and I recited the Quran in your presence." He said, "You lied. Rather, you learned so that people would call you a scholar, and you recited the Quran so that they would say he is a reciter."

وَقَرَأْتُ and I recited

This pairs the connector wa- with a past-tense verb, 'and I recited', with 'I' in the ending. The wa- chains a third deed onto the claim, leading into the scripture he says he read.

From Intentions on Judgment Day

قال تعلمت العلم وعلمته وقرأت فيك القرآن قال كذبت، ولكنك تعلمت ليقال عالم وقرأت القرآن ليقال هو قارئ،

He said, "I learned the knowledge, I taught it, and I recited the Quran in your presence." He said, "You lied. Rather, you learned so that people would call you a scholar, and you recited the Quran so that they would say he is a reciter."

وَقَرَأْتُ and you recited

This stacks the connector wa- onto a past-tense verb with 'you' in the ending, 'and you recited'. The wa- adds the parallel second charge, leading into the second self-serving aim God names.

From Intentions on Judgment Day