Quran 3:174: The Last Testament

So they came back with a blessing from God and a bounty, no harm would touch them. They had followed the pleasure of God, and God is the One with great bounty.

3:174Verse 469 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَانْقَلَبُوا

fa-inqalabū

So they returned

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

So they returned

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاāنْnقَqaلَlaبُbuوwاā

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ROOTق ل ب

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)a joining word meaning “then / so.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction fa (then / so).

“انقَلَبُ” (anqalabu)means “So they returned” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern seven, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural perfect verb.

“وا” (wā)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural subject pronoun.