The first word of verse (17:4) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf ḍād yā (ق ض ي). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:4:1) waqaḍaynā And We decreed
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (17:4)

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

Sahih International: And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness.

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 qāf ḍād yā

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