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Verse (28:82), Word 21 - Quranic Grammar

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The 21st word of verse (28:82) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and verb. 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 singular. The verb's triliteral root is khā sīn fā (خ س ف).

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories)


(28:82:21)
lakhasafa
He would have caused it to swallow us.
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb
اللام لام التوكيد
فعل ماض

Verse (28:82)

The analysis above refers to the 82nd verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"

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