The fifth word of verse (8:46) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form VI imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is nūn zāy ʿayn (ن ز ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) (8:46:5) tanāzaʿū dispute
V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VI) imperfect verb, jussive mood PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع مجزوم والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (8:46)

The analysis above refers to the 46th verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: And obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root nūn zāy ʿayn

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Abdul Rahman 4th May, 2014 Note: This verb is actually tatanāza'ū (تتنازعوا) but one 'ta' has been dropped to facilitate pronunciation.

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