The fifth word of verse (7:28) 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 wāw jīm dāl (و ج د). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:28:5) wajadnā "We found
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:28)

The analysis above refers to the 28th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

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 wāw jīm dāl

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