The sixteenth word of verse (9:38) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is rā ḍād wāw (ر ض و). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:38:16) araḍītum Are you pleased
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (9:38)

The analysis above refers to the 38th verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: O you who have believed, what is [the matter] with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allah , you adhere heavily to the earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a [very] little.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root rā ḍād wāw

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