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Verse (16:51), Word 12 - Quranic Grammar

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The twelfth word of verse (16:51) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is rā hā bā (ر ه ب). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The of the first person singular object pronoun has been omitted due to elision (الياء محذوفة), and is indicated by the kasrah.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:51:12)
fa-ir'habūni
you fear [Me]."
REM – prefixed resumption particle
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb
PRON – subject pronoun
PRON – 1st person singular object pronoun
الفاء استئنافية
فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والياء المحذوفة ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (16:51)

The analysis above refers to the 51st verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me."

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