You have brought something [X]
لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا
la-qad jiʾta shayʾan — You have indeed brought something…
A fixed accusative frame—certainty particle plus the verb jāʾa, an indefinite accusative shayʾ, and a slot filled by a strong negative adjective—pronounces a deed outrageous. In the verses given it is spoken by a companion rebuking two acts, and by Mary's people confronting her, and to the plural 'you' addressed in (19:89).
The frame is constant: the particle لَقَدْ, the perfect verb جِئْتَ / جِئْتِ / جِئْتُمْ 'you (2nd person) came/brought', and the indefinite accusative شَيْـًٔا 'something', followed by an adjective in the same accusative case. The verb's person and number shift with the addressee: 2MS in (18:71) and (18:74), 2FS in (19:27), 2MP in (19:89). The frame does two things to its filler. First, it withholds naming the act directly: the speaker says only 'something', then lets the adjective carry the judgement. Second, the verb جَاء 'come/bring' frames the deed as something presented to its audience—the doer has 'brought' it before those who must respond. In (18:71) the rebuke follows the damaging of the ship ('You have indeed brought something outrageous'), in (18:74) the killing of the boy ('You have certainly brought something monstrous'). In (19:27) Mary's people confront her carrying the child ('O Mary, you have indeed brought something outrageous'), and in (19:89) the frame stands alone as a complete sentence, addressed to a plural 'you' ('You have certainly brought something monstrous'). The four fillers—إِمْرًا, نُكْرًا, فَرِيًّا, إِدًّا—are all indefinite accusative masculine singular adjectives, each an intensifying negative epithet; the frame thus stamps each act, whatever its content, with the same verdict of enormity.
Where it occurs
- 18:71 The companion rebukes the damaging of the ship: 'You have indeed brought something outrageous' (إِمْرًا).
- 18:74 The companion rebukes the killing of the boy: 'You have certainly brought something monstrous' (نُكْرًا).
- 19:27 Mary's people confront her carrying the child: 'O Mary, you have indeed brought something outrageous' (فَرِيًّا).
- 19:89 The frame stands as a full sentence against a plural addressee: 'You have certainly brought something monstrous' (إِدًّا).
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