The first word of verse (18:85) 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 tā bā ʿayn (ت ب ع).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:85:1) fa-atbaʿa So he followed
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) perfect verb	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض

Verse (18:85)

The analysis above refers to the 85th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: So he followed a way

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root tā bā ʿayn

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