The sixth word of verse (51:17) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is hā jīm ʿayn (ه ج ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (51) sūrat l-dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter) (51:17:6) yahjaʿūna sleep.
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (51:17)

The analysis above refers to the seventeenth verse of chapter 51 (sūrat l-dhāriyāt):

Sahih International: They used to sleep but little of the night,

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hā jīm ʿayn

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