The fifth word of verse (9:17) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn mīm rā (ع م ر). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:17:5) yaʿmurū they maintain
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (9:17)

The analysis above refers to the seventeenth verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allah [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn mīm rā

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