The fifth word of verse (48:22) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form II perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is wāw lām yā (و ل ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (48) sūrat l-fatḥ (The Victory) (48:22:5) lawallawū surely they would turn
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine plural (form II) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (48:22)

The analysis above refers to the 22nd verse of chapter 48 (sūrat l-fatḥ):

Sahih International: And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw lām yā

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