The 23rd word of verse (18:22) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and prohibition particle. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The prohibition particle (حرف نهي) is used to form a negative imperative and places the following verb into the jussive mood (مجزوم).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:22:23) falā So (do) not
REM – prefixed resumption particle PRO – prohibition particle	الفاء استئنافية حرف نهي

Verse (18:22)

The analysis above refers to the 22nd verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: They will say there were three, the fourth of them being their dog; and they will say there were five, the sixth of them being their dog - guessing at the unseen; and they will say there were seven, and the eighth of them was their dog. Say, [O Muhammad], "My Lord is most knowing of their number. None knows them except a few. So do not argue about them except with an obvious argument and do not inquire about them among [the speculators] from anyone."

See Also

• English Translations
• Negative Prohibition
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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