The fifth word of verse (3:165) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ṣād wāw bā (ص و ب). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:165:5) aṣabtum you (had) struck (them)
V – 2nd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (3:165)

The analysis above refers to the 165th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Why [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uhud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves." Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ṣād wāw bā

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