The ninth word of verse (18:58) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and verb. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form II perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn jīm lām (ع ج ل).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:58:9) laʿajjala surely, He (would) have hastened
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine singular (form II) perfect verb	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض

Verse (18:58)

The analysis above refers to the 58th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And your Lord is the Forgiving, full of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn jīm lām

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