The first word of verse (20:120) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and verb. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's quadriliteral root is wāw sīn wāw sīn (و س و س).

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā (20:120:1) fawaswasa Then whispered
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض

Verse (20:120)

The analysis above refers to the 120th verse of chapter 20 (sūrat ṭā hā):

Sahih International: Then Satan whispered to him; he said, "O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"

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 wāw sīn wāw sīn

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Asim Iqbal 2nd 17th June, 2011 Form is Q.I ,i.e., 1st form of the quadriliteral. Brief explanation of Q.I The 1st form the the Quadriliteral i.e. Q.I corresponds in formation and conjugation to II i.e. 2nd form of the triliterals and can be both transitive and intransitive in signification. Reference: Lane's Lexicon, V8, P2939 Wright's Arabic Grammar Vol1, Page 48, and page 300 for the weights of this form.

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