The eighth word of verse (17:73) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form VIII imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is fā rā yā (ف ر ي).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:73:8) litaftariya that you invent
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 2nd person masculine singular (form VIII) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

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.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root fā rā yā

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