The 22nd word of verse (17:23) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:23:22) waqul but speak
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb	الواو عاطفة فعل أمر

Verse (17:23)

The analysis above refers to the 23rd verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root qāf wāw lām

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