The seventeenth word of verse (3:81) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:81:17) latu'minunna you must believe
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 2nd person masculine plural (form IV) imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد

Verse (3:81)

The analysis above refers to the 81st verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: And [recall, O People of the Scripture], when Allah took the covenant of the prophets, [saying], "Whatever I give you of the Scripture and wisdom and then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you, you [must] believe in him and support him." [Allah] said, "Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?" They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza mīm nūn

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