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Verse (3:17), Word 5 - Quranic Grammar

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The fifth word of verse (3:17) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and active participle. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form X active participle is masculine plural and is in the accusative case (منصوب). The active participle's triliteral root is ghayn fā rā (غ ف ر).

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


(3:17:5)
wal-mus'taghfirīna
and those who seek forgiveness
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
N – accusative masculine plural (form X) active participle
الواو عاطفة
اسم منصوب

Verse (3:17)

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

Sahih International: The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.

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