The ninth word of verse (18:36) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person singular and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is wāw jīm dāl (و ج د). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:36:9) la-ajidanna I will surely find
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person singular imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد

Verse (18:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And I do not think the Hour will occur. And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will surely find better than this as a return."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw jīm dāl

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