The second word of verse (38:57) is divided into 5 morphological segments. A resumption particle, imperative particle, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "let" and is used to form an imperative construction. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is dhāl wāw qāf (ذ و ق). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (38) sūrat ṣād (38:57:2) falyadhūqūhu Then let them taste it,
REM – prefixed resumption particle IMPV – prefixed imperative particle lām V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	الفاء استئنافية اللام لام الامر فعل مضارع مجزوم والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (38:57)

The analysis above refers to the 57th verse of chapter 38 (sūrat ṣād):

Sahih International: This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root dhāl wāw qāf

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