The eighteenth word of verse (4:32) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is sīn hamza lām (س أ ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:32:18) wasalū And ask
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو استئنافية فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (4:32)

The analysis above refers to the 32nd verse of chapter 4 (sūrat l-nisāa):

Sahih International: And do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allah of his bounty. Indeed Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root sīn hamza lām

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