The 21st word of verse (2:68) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is fā ʿayn lām (ف ع ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:68:21) fa-if'ʿalū so do
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (2:68)

The analysis above refers to the 68th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allah] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded."

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root fā ʿayn lām

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