The eleventh word of verse (6:28) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn wāw dāl (ع و د). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) (6:28:11) laʿādū certainly they (would) return
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (6:28)

The analysis above refers to the 28th verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn wāw dāl

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