The sixth word of verse (23:18) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is sīn kāf nūn (س ك ن). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:18:6) fa-askannāhu then We cause it to settle
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 1st person plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (23:18)

The analysis above refers to the eighteenth verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

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 sīn kāf nūn

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