The twentieth word of verse (12:21) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, particle of purpose, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form II imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn lām mīm (ع ل م). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:21:20) walinuʿallimahu that We might teach him
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 1st person plural (form II) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	الواو عاطفة اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (12:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: And the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn lām mīm

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