The seventh word of verse (2:125) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form VIII imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza khā dhāl (أ خ ذ). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:125:7) wa-ittakhidhū and (said), "Take
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VIII) imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (2:125)

The analysis above refers to the 125th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And [mention] when We made the House a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza khā dhāl

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Mazhar A. Nurani 28th February, 2010 Is "waw" here not performing the job like "an" tafseeri?

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