The third word of verse (16:126) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form III imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn qāf bā (ع ق ب). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:126:3) faʿāqibū then retaliate
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine plural (form III) imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (16:126)

The analysis above refers to the 126th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn qāf bā

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