The fifth word of verse (8:21) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is sīn mīm ʿayn (س م ع). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) (8:21:5) samiʿ'nā "We heard,"
V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (8:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.

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 sīn mīm ʿayn

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