لَا تَقْهَرْ
لَا تَقْهَرْ is a verbal sentence (الجُمْلَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ) consisting of a jussive, past tense negative particle and a jussive, present tense verb
The natural state of the present tense verb is تَقْهَرُ however due to the presence of the jussive particle لَا that precedes it, it changes to تَقْهَرْ
Sentence | Particle / Verb | Verb | Particle | |||
الجُمْلَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ | حَرْفٌ جَزْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ مَجْزُوْمٌ | فِعْلٌ مُضَارِعٌ مَجْزُوْمٌ بِالسُّكُوْنِ الزَّاهِرَةِ | حَرْفٌ جَزْمٌ | |||
verbal sentence | Sentence | a present or future tense jussive verb | a jussive, prohibitive particle | |||
Don’t oppress | – | لَا تَقْهَرْ | = | تَقْهَرْ | + | لَا |
Do not oppress | oppress | Do not | ||||
Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the verbal sentence | لَا تَقْهَرْ |
Verse | ||
93-9 | So as for the orphan, do not oppress (subjugate) | فَأَمَّا اليَتِيْمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ |