The sixth word of verse (17:48) 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 third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ḍād lām lām (ض ل ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:48:6) faḍallū but they have gone astray
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (17:48)

The analysis above refers to the 48th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

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 ḍād lām lām

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