The second word of verse (44:17) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is fā tā nūn (ف ت ن). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (44) sūrat l-dukhān (The Smoke) (44:17:2) fatannā We tried
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (44:17)

The analysis above refers to the seventeenth verse of chapter 44 (sūrat l-dukhān):

Sahih International: And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger,

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 fā tā nūn

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