اقْرَأْ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – اقْرَأْ is a verb
A verb will either be 1) past tense or 2) present or future tense or 3) a command or request verb, also called an imperative – اقْرَأْ is a command verb
Read thou! or recite!
To read, read a written thing, recite with or without having script, proclaim, convey, call, rehearse, transmit, deliver (a message). To collect together, to put or arrange together part to part or portion to portion
Grammatical analysis
فِعْلُ أَمْرٍ مَبْنِيٌّ عَلَى السُّكُوْنِ وَالفَاعِلُ ضَمِيْرٌ مُسْتَتِرٌ تَقْدِيْرُهُ أَنْتَ يَدُلُّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّم
| مَحْمُوزُ الَّامِ | الْمُخَاطَبُ أَنْتَ | السَّالِمُ | فِعْلٌ تَامٌّ | ق ر أ | قَرَأَ يَقْرَأُ | بَابٌ فَتَحَ |
| Hamzah | Subject You | Sound Verb | Complete Verb | Root | ف | اَلْمَصْدَرُ |
| فِعْلٌ | ||||||
| Verb of command/Request | فِعْلُ أَمْرٍ | Present and future tense verb | فِعْلٌ مُضَارِعٌ | Past tense verb | فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ | |
| He is reading | يَقْرَأُ | He read | قَرَأَ | |||
| They two are reading | يَقْرَآنِ | They two read | قَرَآ | |||
| They are reading | يَقْرَأُوْنَ | They read | قَرَأُوْا | |||
| She is reading | تَقْرَأُ | She read | قَرَاَتْ | |||
| They two (feminine) are reading | تَقْرَآنِ | They two (feminine) read | قَرَأَتَا | |||
| They all (feminine) are reading | يَقْرَأْنَ | They all (feminine) read | قَرَأْنَ | |||
| Read | اقْرَأْ | You are reading | تَقْرَأُ | You read | قَرَأْتَ | |
| Read (You two) | اقْرَآ | You two are reading | تَقْرَآنِ | You two read | قَرَأْتُمَا | |
| Read (You all) | اقْرَأُوْا | You all are reading | تَقْرَأُوْنَ | You all read | قَرَأْتُمْ | |
| Read (feminine) | اقْرَإِي | You (feminine) are reading | تَقْرَإِيْنَ | You (feminine) read | قَرَأْتِ | |
| Read (You two feminine) | اقْرَآ | You two (feminine) are reading | تَقْرَآنِ | You two (feminine) read | قَرَأْتُمَا | |
| Read (You all feminine) | اقْرَأْنَ | You all (feminine) are reading | تَقْرَأْنَ | You all (feminine) read | قَرَأْتُنَّ | |
| I am reading | أَقْرَأُ | I read | قَرَأْتُ | |||
| We are reading | نَقْرَأُ | We read | قَرَأْنَا |
| Surah/ | Below are the 3 verses in the holy Quran containing the imperative verb | اِقْرَأْ |
| Verse | ||
| 17-14 | ||
| 96-1 | Read! In the Name of your Nurturer Who has created | اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ |
| 96-3 | Read! and your Lord is the Most Generous | اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الأَكْرَمُ |