The fourth word of verse (10:99) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and verb. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن).

Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) (10:99:4) laāmana surely, (would) have believed
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) perfect verb	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض

Verse (10:99)

The analysis above refers to the 99th verse of chapter 10 (sūrat yūnus):

Sahih International: And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed - all of them entirely. Then, [O Muhammad], would you compel the people in order that they become believers?

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza mīm nūn

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