The first word of verse (38:63) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The form VIII perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza khā dhāl (أ خ ذ). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (38) sūrat ṣād (38:63:1) attakhadhnāhum Did we take them
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 1st person plural (form VIII) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (38:63)

The analysis above refers to the 63rd verse of chapter 38 (sūrat ṣād):

Sahih International: Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza khā dhāl

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