The first word of verse (27:68) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and particle of certainty. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis.

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants) (27:68:1) laqad Certainly,
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām CERT – particle of certainty	اللام لام التوكيد حرف تحقيق

Verse (27:68)

The analysis above refers to the 68th verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml):

Sahih International: We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

See Also

• English Translations
• Part-of-speech Tags
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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