The third word of verse (24:21) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) (24:21:3) āmanū O you who believe!
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (24:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allah purifies whom He wills, and Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

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 hamza mīm nūn

Messages

You can sign in to add a message if this information could be improved or requires discussion.

Word 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11