The eighteenth word of verse (13:18) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form VIII perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is fā dāl yā (ف د ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (13) sūrat l-raʿd (The Thunder) (13:18:18) la-if'tadaw surely they would offer ransom
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine plural (form VIII) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (13:18)

The analysis above refers to the eighteenth verse of chapter 13 (sūrat l-raʿd):

Sahih International: For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

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 fā dāl yā

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