The sixth word of verse (3:168) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ṭā wāw ʿayn (ط و ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is first person plural.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:168:6) aṭāʿūnā they (had) obeyed us
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (3:168)

The analysis above refers to the 168th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ṭā wāw ʿayn

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