The second word of verse (72:16) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form X perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw mīm (ق و م). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (72) sūrat l-jin (The Jinn) (72:16:2) is'taqāmū they had remained
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form X) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (72:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 72 (sūrat l-jin):

Sahih International: And [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision

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 qāf wāw mīm

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