Hafiz soon
Al-Jinn · 72:17
So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.
Sahih International
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لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ
linaftinahum
That We might test them
Word breakdown
لِّ
Harf · Purpose particleso that
نَفْتِنَ
Fi'l · VerbThat We might test them
Rootفتنftn
to test, trial, temptation, oppression, persecution
60× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaفَتَنُVerb (form I) - to persecute, to test, to try
هُمْ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
Grammar rules
Subjunctive verb
لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ (That We might test them) is in the subjunctive mood — it comes after a particle like أن ("that") or لن ("will not"), which changes its ending.
We translate it as "to [verb]" or "that [someone] [verb]".
Lesson 10 · Commands & FuturePurpose لِ (so that)
لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ (That We might test them) starts with لِ showing purpose — it means "so that" or "in order to".
We add "so that" or "in order to" before the verb.
Lesson 4 · Particles