The eleventh word of verse (12:11) 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 active participle is masculine plural and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The active participle's triliteral root is nūn ṣād ḥā (ن ص ح).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:11:11) lanāṣiḥūna surely well-wishers?
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām N – nominative masculine plural active participle	اللام لام التوكيد اسم مرفوع

Verse (12:11)

The analysis above refers to the eleventh verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: They said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?

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 nūn ṣād ḥā

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