The ninth word of verse (17:100) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is mīm sīn kāf (م س ك). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:100:9) la-amsaktum surely you would withhold
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 2nd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (17:100)

The analysis above refers to the 100th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• 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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