The second word of verse (16:107) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, accusative particle and object pronoun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:107:2) bi-annahumu because
P – prefixed preposition bi ACC – accusative particle PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	حرف جر حرف نصب من اخوات «ان» و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب اسم «ان»

Verse (16:107)

The analysis above refers to the 107th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.

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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