The first word of verse (21:90) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form X perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is jīm wāw bā (ج و ب). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) (21:90:1) fa-is'tajabnā So We responded
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 1st person plural (form X) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (21:90)

The analysis above refers to the 90th verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa):

Sahih International: So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

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 jīm wāw bā

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