The eighth word of verse (17:48) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form X imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is ṭā wāw ʿayn (ط و ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:48:8) yastaṭīʿūna they can
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form X) imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع 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
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ṭā wāw ʿayn

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