The ninth word of verse (16:77) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is lām mīm ḥā (ل م ح). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:77:9) kalamḥi as a twinkling
P – prefixed preposition ka N – genitive masculine noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (16:77)

The analysis above refers to the 77th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And to Allah belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

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 lām mīm ḥā

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