The sixth word of verse (4:159) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:159:6) layu'minanna surely he believes
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد

Verse (4:159)

The analysis above refers to the 159th verse of chapter 4 (sūrat l-nisāa):

Sahih International: And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be against them a witness.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza mīm nūn

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