The fourth word of verse (47:38) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A particle of purpose, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is nūn fā qāf (ن ف ق). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (47) sūrat muḥammad (47:38:4) litunfiqū to spend
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 2nd person masculine plural (form IV) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (47:38)

The analysis above refers to the 38th verse of chapter 47 (sūrat muḥammad):

Sahih International: Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allah - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allah is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.

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 nūn fā qāf

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