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Verse (3:168), Word 4 - Quranic Grammar

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The fourth word of verse (3:168) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A circumstantial particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "while" and is used to indicate the circumstance of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf ʿayn dāl (ق ع د). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

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


(3:168:4)
waqaʿadū
while they sat,
CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
الواو حالية
فعل ماض 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."

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