The fifth word of verse (12:17) is a form VIII imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is first person plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is sīn bā qāf (س ب ق).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:17:5) nastabiqu racing each other
V – 1st person plural (form VIII) imperfect verb	فعل مضارع

Verse (12:17)

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

Sahih International: They said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."

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 sīn bā qāf

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