The sixteenth word of verse (2:35) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A particle of cause, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The particle is used to indicate cause and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person dual and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (الألف) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:35:16) fatakūnā lest you [both] be
CAUS – prefixed particle of cause V – 2nd person dual imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء سببية فعل مضارع منصوب والألف ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (2:35)

The analysis above refers to the 35th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle fa (ف)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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