The fourth word of verse (4:16) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form IV imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza dhāl yā (أ ذ ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person dual.

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:16:4) faādhūhumā then punish both of them.
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine plural (form IV) imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person dual object pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (4:16)

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

Sahih International: And the two who commit it among you, dishonor them both. But if they repent and correct themselves, leave them alone. Indeed, Allah is ever Accepting of repentance and Merciful.

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 hamza dhāl yā

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