The fifth word of verse (16:21) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is shīn ʿayn rā (ش ع ر). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:21:5) yashʿurūna they perceive
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (16:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: They are, [in fact], dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

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 shīn ʿayn rā

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