qālū
said
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw
Root Link: ق و ل
li-ikh'wānihim
about their brothers
P – prefixed preposition lām + N – genitive masculine plural noun + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha
Root Link: ا خ و
waqaʿadū
while they sat
CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle wa + V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw
Root Link: ق ع د
aṭāʿūnā
they (had) obeyed us
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw + PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun nā
Root Link: ط و ع
qutilū
they would have been killed
V – 3rd person masculine plural passive perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw
Root Link: ق ت ل
fa-id'raū
Then avert
SUP – prefixed supplemental particle fa + V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw
Root Link: د ر ا
anfusikumu
yourselves
N – genitive feminine plural noun + PRON – 2nd person masculine plural possessive pronoun kum
Root Link: ن ف س
kuntum
you are
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun tum
Root Link: ك و ن