The seventh word of verse (7:96) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is fā tā ḥā (ف ت ح). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:96:7) lafataḥnā surely We (would have) opened
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:96)

The analysis above refers to the 96th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah , We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning."

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 fā tā ḥā

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