The seventh word of verse (17:52) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is lām bā thā (ل ب ث). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:52:7) labith'tum you had remained
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (17:52)

The analysis above refers to the 52nd verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

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 lām bā thā

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