The 21st word of verse (3:20) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A result particle, accusative particle and preventive particle. The result particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate the result of a condition. The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The preventive particle mā stops inna from taking its normal role in the sentence. Together the segments are known as kāfa wa makfūfa (كافة ومكفوفة).

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:20:21) fa-innamā then only
RSLT – prefixed result particle ACC – accusative particle PREV – preventive particle mā	الفاء واقعة في جواب الشرط كافة ومكفوفة

Verse (3:20)

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

Sahih International: So if they argue with you, say, "I have submitted myself to Allah [in Islam], and [so have] those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and [to] the unlearned, "Have you submitted yourselves?" And if they submit [in Islam], they are rightly guided; but if they turn away - then upon you is only the [duty of] notification. And Allah is Seeing of [His] servants.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle inna (ان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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