The seventh word of verse (38:3) 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 III perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is nūn dāl wāw (ن د و). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (38) sūrat ṣād (38:3:7) fanādaw then they called out
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural (form III) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض والواو 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 nūn dāl wāw

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