The tenth word of verse (47:21) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and verb. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (47) sūrat muḥammad (47:21:10) lakāna surely, it would have been
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض

Verse (47:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 47 (sūrat muḥammad):

Sahih International: Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allah , it would have been better for them.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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