The sixth word of verse (18:64) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form VIII perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine dual. The verb's triliteral root is rā dāl dāl (ر د د). The suffix (الألف) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:64:6) fa-ir'taddā So they returned
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine dual (form VIII) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض والألف ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (18:64)

The analysis above refers to the 64th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: [Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.

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 rā dāl dāl

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