The eighth word of verse (23:75) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is lām jīm jīm (ل ج ج). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:75:8) lalajjū surely they would persist
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (23:75)

The analysis above refers to the 75th verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām jīm jīm

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