The tenth word of verse (8:31) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is qāf wāw lām (ق و ل). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) (8:31:10) laqul'nā surely, we could say
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (8:31)

The analysis above refers to the 31st verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

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 qāf wāw lām

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