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Verse (4:5), Word 12 - Quranic Grammar

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The twelfth word of verse (4:5) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf sīn wāw (ك س و). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women)


(4:5:12)
wa-ik'sūhum
and clothe them
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb
PRON – subject pronoun
PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun
الواو عاطفة
فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (4:5)

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

Sahih International: And do not give the weak-minded your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them with it and clothe them and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.

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