The tenth word of verse (18:71) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ghayn rā qāf (غ ر ق).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:71:10) litugh'riqa to drown
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 2nd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (18:71)

The analysis above refers to the 71st verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, al-Khidh r tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

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 rā qāf

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