The third word of verse (36:67) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is mīm sīn khā (م س خ). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (36) sūrat yā sīn (36:67:3) lamasakhnāhum surely, We (would have) transformed them
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (36:67)

The analysis above refers to the 67th verse of chapter 36 (sūrat yā sīn):

Sahih International: And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root mīm sīn khā

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