The first word of verse (43:13) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A particle of purpose, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form VIII imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is sīn wāw yā (س و ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) (43:13:1) litastawū That you may sit firmly,
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VIII) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (43:13)

The analysis above refers to the thirteenth verse of chapter 43 (sūrat l-zukh'ruf):

Sahih International: That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root sīn wāw yā

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