The fifth word of verse (36:18) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and conditional particle. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis.

Chapter (36) sūrat yā sīn (36:18:5) la-in If
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām COND – conditional particle	اللام لام التوكيد حرف شرط

Verse (36:18)

The analysis above refers to the eighteenth verse of chapter 36 (sūrat yā sīn):

Sahih International: They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

See Also

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

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