The thirteenth word of verse (20:134) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of cause and verb. The prefixed particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The particle is used to indicate cause and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form VIII imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is tā bā ʿayn (ت ب ع).

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā (20:134:13) fanattabiʿa so we (could) have followed
CAUS – prefixed particle of cause V – 1st person plural (form VIII) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	الفاء سببية فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (20:134)

The analysis above refers to the 134th verse of chapter 20 (sūrat ṭā hā):

Sahih International: And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle fa (ف)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root tā bā ʿayn

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