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Verse (34:19), Word 16 - Quranic Grammar

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The sixteenth word of verse (34:19) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and noun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The indefinite noun is feminine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is hamza yā yā (أ ي ي).

Chapter (34) sūrat saba (Sheba)


(34:19:16)
laāyātin
surely (are) Signs
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām
N – genitive feminine plural indefinite noun
اللام لام التوكيد
اسم مجرور

Verse (34:19)

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

Sahih International: But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

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