The second word of verse (18:8) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and active participle. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The active participle is masculine plural and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The active participle's triliteral root is jīm ʿayn lām (ج ع ل).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:8:2) lajāʿilūna (will) surely make
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām N – nominative masculine plural active participle	اللام لام التوكيد اسم مرفوع

Verse (18:8)

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

Sahih International: And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

See Also

• English Translations
• Part-of-speech Tags
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm ʿayn lām

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	hr 31st July, 2012 why is it in plural?
	Abdul Rahman 9th August, 2012 Because the subject (We) is the first person plural

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