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Verse (17:73), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (17:73) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw dāl (ك و د). The verb (كاد) belongs to a special group of words known as kāda and her sisters (كاد واخواتها). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey)


(17:73:2)
kādū
they were about (to)
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كاد»

Verse (17:73)

The analysis above refers to the 73rd verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.

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