The third word of verse (20:134) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is hā lām kāf (ه ل ك). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā (20:134:3) ahlaknāhum (had) destroyed them
V – 1st person plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

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

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