The third word of verse (10:100) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The indefinite noun is feminine singular and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is nūn fā sīn (ن ف س). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) (10:100:3) linafsin for a soul
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive feminine singular indefinite noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (10:100)

The analysis above refers to the 100th verse of chapter 10 (sūrat yūnus):

Sahih International: And it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of Allah , and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root nūn fā sīn

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