The seventh word of verse (16:40) is an imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is first person plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:40:7) naqūla We say
V – 1st person plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (16:40)

The analysis above refers to the 40th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root qāf wāw lām

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