The ninth word of verse (18:55) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form X imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ghayn fā rā (غ ف ر). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:55:9) wayastaghfirū and they ask forgiveness
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural (form X) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (18:55)

The analysis above refers to the 55th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.

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 ghayn fā rā

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