The fourth word of verse (9:118) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The passive form II perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is khā lām fā (خ ل ف). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:118:4) khullifū were left behind,
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form II) passive perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض مبني للمجهول والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع نائب فاعل

Verse (9:118)

The analysis above refers to the 118th verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: And [He also forgave] the three who were left behind [and regretted their error] to the point that the earth closed in on them in spite of its vastness and their souls confined them and they were certain that there is no refuge from Allah except in Him. Then He turned to them so they could repent. Indeed, Allah is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

See Also

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

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