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Verse (12:81), Word 16 - Quranic Grammar

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The sixteenth word of verse (12:81) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is ghayn yā bā (غ ي ب). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph)


(12:81:16)
lil'ghaybi
of the unseen
P – prefixed preposition lām
N – genitive masculine noun
جار ومجرور

Verse (12:81)

The analysis above refers to the 81st verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: Return to your father and say, "O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen,

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