The ninth word of verse (10:20) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An accusative particle and preventive particle. The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The preventive particle mā stops inna from taking its normal role in the sentence. Together the segments are known as kāfa wa makfūfa (كافة ومكفوفة).

Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) (10:20:9) innamā "Only
ACC – accusative particle PREV – preventive particle mā	كافة ومكفوفة

Verse (10:20)

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

Sahih International: And they say, "Why is a sign not sent down to him from his Lord?" So say, "The unseen is only for Allah [to administer], so wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle inna (ان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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