The fourth word of verse (16:8) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A particle of purpose, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is rā kāf bā (ر ك ب). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person feminine singular.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:8:4) litarkabūhā for you to ride them
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 2nd person masculine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person feminine singular object pronoun	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«ها» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (16:8)

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

Sahih International: And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root rā kāf bā

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