The third word of verse (43:60) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is jīm ʿayn lām (ج ع ل). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) (43:60:3) lajaʿalnā surely We (could have) made
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (43:60)

The analysis above refers to the 60th verse of chapter 43 (sūrat l-zukh'ruf):

Sahih International: And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm ʿayn lām

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