Quran glossary · accepted

نَسْتَعِينُ

we seek support

First-person plural imperfect form: we seek support.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: عون

Lemmas: استعين

Forms: نَسْتَعِينُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

1:5

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Where other meanings fail

we support

1:5

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Alternative: You (as object) we support.

Research rendering: You (as object) we seek support.

استعين is not simply 'support'; it is seeking support. This was the Fatiha correction that kept the form distinct.