The third word of verse (4:97) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and object pronoun. The form V perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is wāw fā yā (و ف ي). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:97:3) tawaffāhumu take them (in death)
V – 3rd person masculine singular (form V) perfect verb PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	فعل ماض و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (4:97)

The analysis above refers to the 97th verse of chapter 4 (sūrat l-nisāa):

Sahih International: Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land." The angels will say, "Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw fā yā

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