The seventh word of verse (40:42) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is lām yā sīn (ل ي س). The verb (ليس) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (40) sūrat ghāfir (The Forgiver God) (40:42:7) laysa not
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (40:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 40 (sūrat ghāfir):

Sahih International: You invite me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām yā sīn

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