قل say in Arabic
قل is how you say “say” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَالْمُرْسِلُ يَقُولُ لِلرَّسُولِ قُلْ لَهُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا،
and the one who sends says to the messenger: 'Say to them such and such',
قُلْ Say
This is a command-form verb, 'say', addressed to the messenger. The imperative is Arabic's direct order shape, with the 'you' built into the form; it opens the quoted instruction the sender gives.
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More example sentences
كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى ﴿قُلْ لِعِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ﴾،
as He, Exalted be He, said: 'Say to My servants who have believed to establish prayer',
قُلْ Say
This is a command form, 'Say!', addressed to one male listener (here the Prophet). Arabic shapes the imperative by stripping the present-tense verb back to a bare order; the 'you' being commanded is understood from the form alone, never written as a separate word.
﴿وَقُلْ لِعِبَادِي يَقُولُوا الَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ﴾،
'Say to My servants to speak that which is best',
وَقُلْ Say
A linking 'and' is fused to the front of the command 'Say!'. The command itself is a bare order aimed at one male listener, with the 'you' understood from the form. The attached conjunction simply chains this instruction to the previous one.
﴿قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ﴾، وَنَظَائِرُهُ
'Say to the believers to lower their gaze', and similar passages.
قُلْ Say
A bare command, 'Say!', aimed at a single male listener, with the 'you' carried by the verb form alone. Arabic builds the order by trimming the present-tense verb down rather than adding any word for 'you'.
فمن قل طعامه قل شربه،
Whoever eats less, drinks less.
قَلَّ becomes less
A past-tense verb meaning 'becomes little', here read in the general present sense that the conditional 'whoever' gives it. It carries its own subject 'it/he' in the ending and heads the condition clause.