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Verse (17:7), Word 6 - Quranic Grammar

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The sixth word of verse (17:7) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is sīn wāw hamza (س و أ). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

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


(17:7:6)
asatum
you do evil,
V – 2nd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (17:7)

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

Sahih International: [And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves." Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.

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