The sixth word of verse (27:86) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A particle of purpose, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is sīn kāf nūn (س ك ن). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants) (27:86:6) liyaskunū that they may rest
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (27:86)

The analysis above refers to the 86th verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml):

Sahih International: Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root sīn kāf nūn

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