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Verse (18:19), Word 11 - Quranic Grammar

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The eleventh word of verse (18:19) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is lām bā thā (ل ب ث). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)


(18:19:11)
labith'nā
"We have remained
V – 1st person plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (18:19)

The analysis above refers to the nineteenth verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.

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