The first word of verse (2:80) 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 third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:80:1) waqālū And they say,
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو استئنافية فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (2:80)

The analysis above refers to the 80th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allah ? For Allah will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root qāf wāw lām

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