The fourth word of verse (16:1) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and prohibition particle. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The prohibition particle (حرف نهي) is used to form a negative imperative and places the following verb into the jussive mood (مجزوم).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:1:4) falā so (do) not
REM – prefixed resumption particle PRO – prohibition particle	الفاء استئنافية حرف نهي

Verse (16:1)

The analysis above refers to the first verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: The command of Allah is coming, so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

See Also

• English Translations
• Negative Prohibition
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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