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Verse (16:20), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (16:20) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is dāl ʿayn wāw (د ع و). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:20:2)
yadʿūna
they invoke
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (16:20)

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

Sahih International: And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

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