The fourth word of verse (71:7) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ghayn fā rā (غ ف ر).

Chapter (71) sūrat nūḥ (71:7:4) litaghfira that You may forgive
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (71:7)

The analysis above refers to the seventh verse of chapter 71 (sūrat nūḥ):

Sahih International: And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ghayn fā rā

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