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Verse (16:70), Word 4 - Quranic Grammar

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The fourth word of verse (16:70) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and object pronoun. The form V imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is wāw fā yā (و ف ي). The attached object pronoun is second person masculine plural.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:70:4)
yatawaffākum
will cause you to die.
V – 3rd person masculine singular (form V) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood
PRON – 2nd person masculine plural object pronoun
فعل مضارع منصوب والكاف ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (16:70)

The analysis above refers to the 70th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent.

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