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Verse (11:120), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (11:120) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and active participle. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The form IV active participle is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The active participle's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (11) sūrat hūd (Hud)


(11:120:17)
lil'mu'minīna
for the believers.
P – prefixed preposition lām
N – genitive masculine plural (form IV) active participle
جار ومجرور

Verse (11:120)

The analysis above refers to the 120th verse of chapter 11 (sūrat hūd):

Sahih International: And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers.

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