The third word of verse (11:16) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is lām yā sīn (ل ي س). The verb (ليس) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (11) sūrat hūd (Hud) (11:16:3) laysa (is) not
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (11:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 11 (sūrat hūd):

Sahih International: Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām yā sīn

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