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Verse (16:70), Word 5 - Quranic Grammar

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The fifth word of verse (16:70) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, preposition and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The attached object pronoun is second person masculine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:70:5)
waminkum
And among you
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
P – preposition
PRON – 2nd person masculine plural object pronoun
الواو عاطفة
جار ومجرور

Verse (16:70)

The analysis above refers to the 70th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent.

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