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Verse (3:61), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (3:61) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The noun is feminine plural and is in the accusative case (منصوب). The noun's triliteral root is nūn fā sīn (ن ف س). The attached possessive pronoun is first person plural.

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


(3:61:17)
wa-anfusanā
and ourselves
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
N – accusative feminine plural noun
PRON – 1st person plural possessive pronoun
الواو عاطفة
اسم منصوب و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (3:61)

The analysis above refers to the 61st verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Then whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us]."

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