The tenth word of verse (20:16) 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 imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is rā dāl yā (ر د ي).

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā (20:16:10) fatardā lest you perish.
CAUS – prefixed particle of cause V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	الفاء سببية فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (20:16)

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

Sahih International: So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

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 rā dāl yā

Messages

You can sign in to add a message if this information could be improved or requires discussion.

Word 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10