The fourth word of verse (17:16) is a form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is first person plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is hā lām kāf (ه ل ك).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:16:4) nuh'lika We destroy
V – 1st person plural (form IV) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (17:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.

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 hā lām kāf

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