The fourth word of verse (42:8) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is jīm ʿayn lām (ج ع ل). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (42) sūrat l-shūrā (Consultation) (42:8:4) lajaʿalahum He could have made them
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (42:8)

The analysis above refers to the eighth verse of chapter 42 (sūrat l-shūrā):

Sahih International: And if Allah willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm ʿayn lām

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