The third word of verse (5:38) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A supplemental particle, verb and subject pronoun. The supplemental particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf ṭā ʿayn (ق ط ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:38:3) fa-iq'ṭaʿū [then] cut off
SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء زائدة فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (5:38)

The analysis above refers to the 38th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: [As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

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 qāf ṭā ʿayn

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