The first word of verse (35:42) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf sīn mīm (ق س م). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (35) sūrat fāṭir (The Originator) (35:42:1) wa-aqsamū And they swore
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (35:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 35 (sūrat fāṭir):

Sahih International: And they swore by Allah their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than [any] one of the [previous] nations. But when a warner came to them, it did not increase them except in aversion.

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 qāf sīn mīm

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