The fourth word of verse (17:36) is a perfect verb (فعل ماض). The verb is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is lām yā sīn (ل ي س). The verb (ليس) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:36:4) laysa not
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (17:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām yā sīn

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