The 34th word of verse (18:19) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, imperative particle and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "let" and is used to form an imperative construction. The form V imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is lām ṭā fā (ل ط ف).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:19:34) walyatalaṭṭaf and let him be cautious.
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) IMPV – prefixed imperative particle lām V – 3rd person masculine singular (form V) imperfect verb, jussive mood	الواو عاطفة اللام لام الامر فعل مضارع مجزوم

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.

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 lām ṭā fā

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