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Verse (39:42), Word 24 - Quranic Grammar

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The 24th word of verse (39:42) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and noun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The indefinite noun is feminine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is hamza yā yā (أ ي ي).

Chapter (39) sūrat l-zumar (The Groups)


(39:42:24)
laāyātin
surely (are) signs
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām
N – genitive feminine plural indefinite noun
اللام لام التوكيد
اسم مجرور

Verse (39:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 39 (sūrat l-zumar):

Sahih International: Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

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