The second word of verse (12:52) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn lām mīm (ع ل م).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:52:2) liyaʿlama he may know
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (12:52)

The analysis above refers to the 52nd verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: That is so al-'Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allah does not guide the plan of betrayers.

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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