Quran 3:127: The Last Testament

Thus, He would sever a group of those who reject, or disgrace them; then they will turn back frustrated.

3:127Verse 422 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

لِيَقْطَعَ

liyaqṭaʿa

That He may cut off

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form قطع. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

That He may cut off

Letter-by-letter reading

لِliيَyaقْqطَṭaعَʿa

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ROOTق ط ع

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“لِ” (li)This prefix expresses purpose, like “in order to.”Corpus grammarPRP — prefixed prp particle.

“يَقْطَعَ” (yaqṭaʿa)means “That He may cut off” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is imperfect verb, third person — masculine — singular, a dependent form.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular subjunctive imperfect verb.