The second word of verse (23:113) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is lām bā thā (ل ب ث). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:113:2) labith'nā "We remained
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (23:113)

The analysis above refers to the 113th verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām bā thā

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