The third word of verse (10:78) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A particle of purpose, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person feminine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is lām fā tā (ل ف ت). The attached object pronoun is first person plural.

Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) (10:78:3) litalfitanā to turn us away
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person feminine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (10:78)

The analysis above refers to the 78th verse of chapter 10 (sūrat yūnus):

Sahih International: They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām fā tā

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