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Verse (2:36), Word 8 - Quranic Grammar

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The eighth word of verse (2:36) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)


(2:36:8)
waqul'nā
And We said,
REM – prefixed resumption particle
V – 1st person plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
الواو استئنافية
فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (2:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."

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