The fourth word of verse (54:42) 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 perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza khā dhāl (أ خ ذ). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (54) sūrat l-qamar (The Moon) (54:42:4) fa-akhadhnāhum so We seized them
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (54:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 54 (sūrat l-qamar):

Sahih International: They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza khā dhāl

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