The sixth word of verse (21:17) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form VIII perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza khā dhāl (أ خ ذ). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) (21:17:6) la-ittakhadhnāhu surely We (could have) taken it
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural (form VIII) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (21:17)

The analysis above refers to the seventeenth verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa):

Sahih International: Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

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 hamza khā dhāl

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