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Verse (3:99), Word 13 - Quranic Grammar

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The thirteenth word of verse (3:99) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A circumstantial particle and personal pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "while" and is used to indicate the circumstance of events. The personal pronoun is second person masculine plural.

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


(3:99:13)
wa-antum
while you
CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle
PRON – 2nd person masculine plural personal pronoun
الواو حالية
ضمير منفصل

Verse (3:99)

The analysis above refers to the 99th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is not unaware of what you do."

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