The fifth word of verse (67:2) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A particle of purpose, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is bā lām wāw (ب ل و). The attached object pronoun is second person masculine plural.

Chapter (67) sūrat l-mulk (Dominion) (67:2:5) liyabluwakum that He may test you,
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – 2nd person masculine plural object pronoun PRON – implicit subject pronoun → Allah	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب والكاف ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (67:2)

The analysis above refers to the second verse of chapter 67 (sūrat l-mulk):

Sahih International: [He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -

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 bā lām wāw
• Allah - the verb's implicit subject

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