The seventh word of verse (7:171) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ẓā nūn nūn (ظ ن ن). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:171:7) waẓannū and they thought
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو استئنافية فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:171)

The analysis above refers to the 171st verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And [mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allah said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allah."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ẓā nūn nūn

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