The fourth word of verse (49:12) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form VIII imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is jīm nūn bā (ج ن ب). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (49) sūrat l-ḥujurāt (The Dwellings) (49:12:4) ij'tanibū Avoid
V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VIII) imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (49:12)

The analysis above refers to the twelfth verse of chapter 49 (sūrat l-ḥujurāt):

Sahih International: O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm nūn bā

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