The fifth word of verse (17:15) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is feminine singular and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is nūn fā sīn (ن ف س). The attached possessive pronoun is third person masculine singular. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:15:5) linafsihi for his soul.
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive feminine singular noun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور والهاء ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (17:15)

The analysis above refers to the fifteenth verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.

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 fā sīn

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