The twelfth word of verse (4:15) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A result particle, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The result particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate the result of a condition. The form IV imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is mīm sīn kāf (م س ك). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person feminine plural.

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:15:12) fa-amsikūhunna then confine them
RSLT – prefixed result particle V – 2nd person masculine plural (form IV) imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person feminine plural object pronoun	الفاء واقعة في جواب الشرط فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هن» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (4:15)

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

Sahih International: Those who commit unlawful sexual intercourse of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine the guilty women to houses until death takes them or Allah ordains for them [another] way.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root mīm sīn kāf

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