The ninth word of verse (16:56) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The passive imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is sīn hamza lām (س أ ل). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:56:9) latus'alunna surely you will be asked
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 2nd person masculine plural passive imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع مبني للمجهول والنون للتوكيد

Verse (16:56)

The analysis above refers to the 56th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And they assign to what they do not know a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allah , you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root sīn hamza lām

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