The fourth word of verse (27:49) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb, emphatic suffix and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form II imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is bā yā tā (ب ي ت). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants) (27:49:4) lanubayyitannahu surely, we will attack him by night,
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural (form II) imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (27:49)

The analysis above refers to the 49th verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml):

Sahih International: They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allah that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.' "

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 bā yā tā

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