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 |