The thirteenth word of verse (8:42) 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 form VIII perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is khā lām fā (خ ل ف). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) (8:42:13) la-ikh'talaftum certainly you would have failed
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VIII) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (8:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: [Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root khā lām fā

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