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Verse (3:117), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (3:117) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction fa is usually translated as "and". The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person feminine singular. The verb's triliteral root is hā lām kāf (ه ل ك). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān)


(3:117:17)
fa-ahlakathu
then destroyed it.
CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and)
V – 3rd person feminine singular (form IV) perfect verb
PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun
الفاء عاطفة
فعل ماض والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (3:117)

The analysis above refers to the 117th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves and destroys it. And Allah has not wronged them, but they wrong themselves.

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