The second word of verse (72:5) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is ẓā nūn nūn (ظ ن ن). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn) (72:5:2) ẓanannā thought
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (72:5)

The analysis above refers to the fifth verse of chapter 72 (sūrat l-jin):

Sahih International: And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.

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 ẓā nūn nūn

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