The eighth word of verse (16:36) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn bā dāl (ع ب د). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:36:8) uʿ'budū "Worship
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (16:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allah and avoid Taghut." And among them were those whom Allah guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.

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 bā dāl

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