The third word of verse (17:21) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form II perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is fā ḍād lām (ف ض ل). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:21:3) faḍḍalnā We preferred
V – 1st person plural (form II) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (17:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Look how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.

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 fā ḍād lām

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