The seventh word of verse (9:42) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb, subject pronoun and object 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 third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is tā bā ʿayn (ت ب ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is second person masculine singular.

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:42:7) la-ittabaʿūka surely they (would) have followed you
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine plural (form VIII) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 2nd person masculine singular object pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والكاف ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (9:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: Had it been an easy gain and a moderate trip, the hypocrites would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allah , "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allah knows that indeed they are liars.

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 tā bā ʿayn

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