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Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants)
| Translation | Arabic word | Syntax and morphology |
| (27:48:1) wakāna And were | CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb الواو عاطفة فعل ماض | |
| (27:48:2) fī in | P – preposition حرف جر | |
| (27:48:3) l-madīnati the city | N – genitive feminine singular noun اسم مجرور | |
| (27:48:4) tis'ʿatu nine | N – nominative feminine noun اسم مرفوع | |
| (27:48:5) rahṭin family heads, | N – genitive masculine indefinite noun اسم مجرور | |
| (27:48:6) yuf'sidūna they were spreading corruption | V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل | |
| (27:48:7) fī in | P – preposition حرف جر | |
| (27:48:8) l-arḍi the land | N – genitive feminine noun اسم مجرور | |
| (27:48:9) walā and not | CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) NEG – negative particle الواو عاطفة حرف نفي | |
| (27:48:10) yuṣ'liḥūna reforming. |  | V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل |
| (27:49:1) qālū They said, | V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل | |
| (27:49:2) taqāsamū "Swear to each other | V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VI) imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل | |
| (27:49:3) bil-lahi by Allah | P – prefixed preposition bi PN – genitive proper noun → Allah جار ومجرور | |
| (27:49:4) lanubayyitannahu surely, we will attack him by night, | EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural (form II) imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به | |
| (27:49:5) wa-ahlahu and his family. | CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) N – accusative masculine noun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun الواو عاطفة اسم منصوب والهاء ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة | |
| (27:49:6) thumma Then | CONJ – coordinating conjunction حرف عطف | |
| (27:49:7) lanaqūlanna we will surely say | EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد | |
| (27:49:8) liwaliyyihi to his heir, | P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine noun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun جار ومجرور والهاء ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة | |
| (27:49:9) mā "Not | NEG – negative particle حرف نفي | |
| (27:49:10) shahid'nā we witnessed | V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل | |
| (27:49:11) mahlika (the) destruction | N – accusative masculine noun اسم منصوب | |
| (27:49:12) ahlihi (of) his family, | N – genitive masculine noun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun اسم مجرور والهاء ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة | |
| (27:49:13) wa-innā and indeed, we | CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) ACC – accusative particle PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun الواو عاطفة حرف نصب و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل نصب اسم «ان» | |
| (27:49:14) laṣādiqūna (are) surely truthful." |  | EMPH – emphatic prefix lām N – nominative masculine plural active participle اللام لام التوكيد اسم مرفوع |
