The first word of verse (7:163) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and object pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is sīn hamza lām (س أ ل). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:163:1) wasalhum And ask them
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	الواو استئنافية فعل أمر و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (7:163)

The analysis above refers to the 163rd verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

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 sīn hamza lām

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