The first word of verse (16:40) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An accusative particle and preventive particle. The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The preventive particle mā stops inna from taking its normal role in the sentence. Together the segments are known as kāfa wa makfūfa (كافة ومكفوفة).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:40:1) innamā Only
ACC – accusative particle PREV – preventive particle mā	كافة ومكفوفة

Verse (16:40)

The analysis above refers to the 40th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.

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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