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Verse (20:16), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (20:16) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A verb, emphatic suffix and object pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is ṣād dāl dāl (ص د د). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد). The attached object pronoun is second person masculine singular.

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā


(20:16:2)
yaṣuddannaka
(let) avert you
V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood
EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn
PRON – 2nd person masculine singular object pronoun
فعل مضارع مجزوم والنون للتوكيد والكاف ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

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.

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