The third word of verse (24:2) 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 imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is jīm lām dāl (ج ل د). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) (24:2:3) fa-ij'lidū [then] flog
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (24:2)

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

Sahih International: The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion of Allah , if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm lām dāl

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