The thirteenth word of verse (3:23) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ḥā kāf mīm (ح ك م).

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:23:13) liyaḥkuma that (it should) arbitrate
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (3:23)

The analysis above refers to the 23rd verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Do you not consider, [O Muhammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allah that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ḥā kāf mīm

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