The ninth word of verse (16:9) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is hā dāl yā (ه د ي). The attached object pronoun is second person masculine plural.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:9:9) lahadākum surely He would have guided you
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb PRON – 2nd person masculine plural object pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والكاف ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (16:9)

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

Sahih International: And upon Allah is the direction of the [right] way, and among the various paths are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.

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 hā dāl yā

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