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Verse (18:19), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (18:19) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is bā ʿayn thā (ب ع ث). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)


(18:19:2)
baʿathnāhum
We raised them
V – 1st person plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun
فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (18:19)

The analysis above refers to the nineteenth verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.

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