The seventeenth word of verse (8:12) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ḍād rā bā (ض ر ب). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) (8:12:17) fa-iḍ'ribū so strike
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (8:12)

The analysis above refers to the twelfth verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: [Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ḍād rā bā

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