The third word of verse (69:5) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The passive form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is hā lām kāf (ه ل ك). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (69) sūrat l-ḥāqah (The Inevitable) (69:5:3) fa-uh'likū they were destroyed
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) passive perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض مبني للمجهول والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع نائب فاعل

Verse (69:5)

The analysis above refers to the fifth verse of chapter 69 (sūrat l-ḥāqah):

Sahih International: So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

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 hā lām kāf

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