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Verse (18:45), Word 14 - Quranic Grammar

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The fourteenth word of verse (18:45) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and verb. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is ṣād bā ḥā (ص ب ح). The verb (اصبح) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)


(18:45:14)
fa-aṣbaḥa
then becomes
REM – prefixed resumption particle
V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) perfect verb
الفاء استئنافية
فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (18:45)

The analysis above refers to the 45th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.

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