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Verse (11:78), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (11:78) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form VIII imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is wāw qāf yā (و ق ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (11) sūrat hūd (Hud)


(11:78:17)
fa-ittaqū
So fear
REM – prefixed resumption particle
V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VIII) imperative verb
PRON – subject pronoun
الفاء استئنافية
فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (11:78)

The analysis above refers to the 78th verse of chapter 11 (sūrat hūd):

Sahih International: And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"

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