The first word of verse (34:16) 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 form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn rā ḍād (ع ر ض). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (34) sūrat saba (Sheba) (34:16:1) fa-aʿraḍū But they turned away,
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (34:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 34 (sūrat saba):

Sahih International: But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.

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 ʿayn rā ḍād

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