فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Ayah summary
Allah punished him by drowning him in this world and by fire in the Hereafter.
Sentence structure
Allah is the subject of فَأَخَذَهُ, and its attached pronoun is the object. نَكَالَ expresses an exemplary punishment, while ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ are linked to it as a genitive construction.
فَأَخَذَهُ — So seized him
Grammar: فَ is a causal particle. third-person masculine singular perfect verb. Attached هُ is a third-person masculine singular pronoun functioning as object.
ٱللَّهُ — Allah
Grammar: nominative proper noun functioning as the subject.
نَكَالَ — an exemplary punishment
Grammar: An accusative verbal noun used as an emphatic cognate accusative for an understood verb, expressing exemplary punishment.
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ — of the latter
Grammar: ٱلْ is the definite article. genitive noun functioning as the genitive complement.
وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ — and the former
Grammar: وَ is a conjunction. ٱلْ is the definite article. genitive noun functioning as the coordinated element.