The first word of verse (7:145) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa 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 kāf tā bā (ك ت ب). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:145:1) wakatabnā And We ordained (laws)
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو استئنافية فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:145)

The analysis above refers to the 145th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And We wrote for him on the tablets [something] of all things - instruction and explanation for all things, [saying], "Take them with determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the defiantly disobedient."

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 kāf tā bā

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