The first word of verse (12:77) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:77:1) qālū They said,
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (12:77)

The analysis above refers to the 77th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: They said, "If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before." But Joseph kept it within himself and did not reveal it to them. He said, "You are worse in position, and Allah is most knowing of what you describe."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root qāf wāw lām

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