The eighth word of verse (24:60) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and verb. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is lām yā sīn (ل ي س). The verb (ليس) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) (24:60:8) falaysa then not is
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (24:60)

The analysis above refers to the 60th verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām yā sīn

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