Quran 30:7: The Last Testament

They only know the outside appearance of the worldly life; and regarding the Hereafter, they are ignorant.

30:7Verse 3443 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

يَعْلَمُونَ

yaʿlamūna

They know

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

They know

Letter-by-letter reading

يَyaعْʿلَlaمُmuوwنَna

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ROOTع ل م

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

What this word is doing

“يَعْلَمُ” (yaʿlamu)means “They know” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is imperfect verb, third person — masculine — plural.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine plural imperfect verb.

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