The eighteenth word of verse (24:60) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form X imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person feminine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn fā fā (ع ف ف). The suffix (النون) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) (24:60:18) yastaʿfif'na they modestly refrain
V – 3rd person feminine plural (form X) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع منصوب والنون ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (24:60)

The analysis above refers to the 60th verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn fā fā

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