The 25th word of verse (10:2) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and active participle. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The indefinite active participle is masculine and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The active participle's triliteral root is sīn ḥā rā (س ح ر).

Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) (10:2:25) lasāḥirun (is) surely a magician
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām N – nominative masculine indefinite active participle	اللام لام التوكيد اسم مرفوع

Verse (10:2)

The analysis above refers to the second verse of chapter 10 (sūrat yūnus):

Sahih International: Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation] to a man from among them, [saying], "Warn mankind and give good tidings to those who believe that they will have a [firm] precedence of honor with their Lord"? [But] the disbelievers say, "Indeed, this is an obvious magician."

See Also

• English Translations
• Part-of-speech Tags
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root sīn ḥā rā

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