The seventh word of verse (15:16) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and active participle. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The active participle is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The active participle's triliteral root is nūn ẓā rā (ن ظ ر). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (15) sūrat l-ḥij'r (The Rocky Tract) (15:16:7) lilnnāẓirīna for the observers.
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural active participle	جار ومجرور

Verse (15:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 15 (sūrat l-ḥij'r):

Sahih International: And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

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 ẓā rā

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