The tenth word of verse (3:168) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A supplemental particle, verb and subject pronoun. The supplemental particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is dāl rā hamza (د ر أ). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:168:10) fa-id'raū "Then avert
SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء زائدة فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (3:168)

The analysis above refers to the 168th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root dāl rā hamza

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