The second word of verse (38:3) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is hā lām kāf (ه ل ك). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (38) sūrat ṣād (38:3:2) ahlaknā We destroyed
V – 1st person plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (38:3)

The analysis above refers to the third verse of chapter 38 (sūrat ṣād):

Sahih International: How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.

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 hā lām kāf

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