The fifteenth word of verse (7:88) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn wāw dāl (ع و د). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:88:15) lataʿūdunna you must return
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 2nd person masculine plural imperfect verb EMPH – emphatic suffix nūn	اللام لام التوكيد فعل مضارع والنون للتوكيد

Verse (7:88)

The analysis above refers to the 88th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shu'ayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?"

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 ʿayn wāw dāl

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