The twelfth word of verse (8:42) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form VI perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is wāw ʿayn dāl (و ع د). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) (8:42:12) tawāʿadttum you (had) made an appointment
V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VI) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (8:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: [Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw ʿayn dāl

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