The tenth word of verse (7:23) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (نكون) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:23:10) lanakūnanna surely, we will be
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد

Verse (7:23)

The analysis above refers to the 23rd verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

2 messages

	Tanweer Malik 26th July, 2012 The mood of the verb is not mentioned.
	Tanweer Malik 26th July, 2012 I am sorry. I mistook Nakoona as mansoob, as it ends with a fatha. But actually, the fatha comes because of the nuun of emphasis.

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