لَم يَنْتَهِ
لَم يَنْتَهِ is a verbal sentence (الجُمْلَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ) consisting of a jussive, past tense negative particle and a jussive, present tense verb
The natural state of the present tense verb is يَنْتَهِي however due to the presence of the jussive particle لَم that precedes it, it’s state changes to لَم يَنْتَهِ
| Sentence | Particle / Verb | Verb | Particle | |||
| الجُمْلَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ | حَرْفٌ جَزْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ مَجْزُوْمٌ | فِعْلٌ مُضَارِعٌ مَجْزُوْمٌ بِالسُّكُوْنِ الزَّاهِرَةِ | حَرْفٌ جَزْمٌ | |||
| verbal sentence | Sentence | a present or future tense jussive verb | a jussive, past tense, negative particle | |||
| did not He restrain | – | لَمْ يَنْتَهِ | = | يَنْتَهِ | + | لَم |
| did he not desist | restrain | did not | ||||
| Surah/ | Below are the 2 verses in the holy Quran containing the jussive particle and jussive verb | لَم يَنْتَهِ |
| Verse | ||
| 33-60 | ||
| 96-15 | Nay! if he ceases not, We will surely catch him by the forelock | كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَّمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ |