The second word of verse (61:8) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A particle of purpose, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ṭā fā hamza (ط ف أ). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (61) sūrat l-ṣaf (The Row) (61:8:2) liyuṭ'fiū to put out
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (61:8)

The analysis above refers to the eighth verse of chapter 61 (sūrat l-ṣaf):

Sahih International: They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ṭā fā hamza

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