إِقْرَأْrecite

Example sentences

• فَإِقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ

  So recite the Verse of the Throne from its beginning until you finish.

  فَإِقْرَأْ — So recite. A command form telling the listener to recite, with the fa- on its front marking it as the upshot ('so then recite') of the condition just stated. The prefix supplies the 'therefore' link while the verb itself, stripped to its bare command shape, carries the order.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• فَجَاءَهُ الْمَلَكُ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ

  Then the angel came to him and said, "Read."

  اقْرَأْ — Read. This is a command form, an order aimed straight at the listener with no separate 'you' needed; the command shape itself carries the addressee. So it stands as a bare imperative directed at the Prophet.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• إِقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

  Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous.

  إِقْرَأْ — Read. A command form aimed straight at the listener, the addressee carried in the command shape itself rather than a separate 'you'. It stands as a bare imperative opening the line.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →