The ninth word of verse (16:59) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is mīm sīn kāf (م س ك). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:59:9) ayum'sikuhu Should he keep it
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل مضارع والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (16:59)

The analysis above refers to the 59th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root mīm sīn kāf

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