The second word of verse (18:97) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form X perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ṭā wāw ʿayn (ط و ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:97:2) is'ṭāʿū they were able
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form X) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (18:97)

The analysis above refers to the 97th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

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 ṭā wāw ʿayn

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