The fifth word of verse (17:12) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is mīm ḥā wāw (م ح و). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:12:5) famaḥawnā Then We erased
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (17:12)

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

Sahih International: And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root mīm ḥā wāw

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