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Verse (37:167), Word 3 - Quranic Grammar

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The third word of verse (37:167) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (37) sūrat l-ṣāfāt (Those Ranges in Ranks)


(37:167:3)
layaqūlūna
say,
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
اللام لام التوكيد
فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (37:167)

The analysis above refers to the 167th verse of chapter 37 (sūrat l-ṣāfāt):

Sahih International: And indeed, the disbelievers used to say,

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