The tenth word of verse (45:12) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, particle of purpose, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form VIII imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is bā ghayn yā (ب غ ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (45) sūrat l-jāthiyah (Crouching) (45:12:10) walitabtaghū and that you may seek
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VIII) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (45:12)

The analysis above refers to the twelfth verse of chapter 45 (sūrat l-jāthiyah):

Sahih International: It is Allah who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root bā ghayn yā

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