The first word of verse (23:53) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form V perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf ṭā ʿayn (ق ط ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:53:1) fataqaṭṭaʿū But they cut off
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural (form V) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (23:53)

The analysis above refers to the 53rd verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: But the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.

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 qāf ṭā ʿayn

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