The fourth word of verse (23:40) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is ṣād bā ḥā (ص ب ح). The verb (يصبح) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:40:4) layuṣ'biḥunna surely they will become
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع من اخوات «كان» والنون للتوكيد

Verse (23:40)

The analysis above refers to the 40th verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: [Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ṣād bā ḥā

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