The first word of verse (17:85) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is sīn hamza lām (س أ ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is second person masculine singular.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:85:1) wayasalūnaka And they ask you
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 2nd person masculine singular object pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والكاف ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (17:85)

The analysis above refers to the 85th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little."

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 sīn hamza lām

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