The second word of verse (53:39) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is lām yā sīn (ل ي س). The verb (ليس) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (53) sūrat l-najm (The Star) (53:39:2) laysa is not
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (53:39)

The analysis above refers to the 39th verse of chapter 53 (sūrat l-najm):

Sahih International: And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām yā sīn

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