The fourth word of verse (12:77) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and particle of certainty. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:77:4) faqad then verily
REM – prefixed resumption particle CERT – particle of certainty	الفاء استئنافية حرف تحقيق

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
• The Particle fa (ف)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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