The 23rd word of verse (12:77) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and relative pronoun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:77:23) bimā of what
P – prefixed preposition bi REL – relative pronoun	جار ومجرور

Verse (12:77)

The analysis above refers to the 77th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: They said, "If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before." But Joseph kept it within himself and did not reveal it to them. He said, "You are worse in position, and Allah is most knowing of what you describe."

See Also

• English Translations
• Subordinate Clauses
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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