The eleventh word of verse (17:25) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is hamza wāw bā (أ و ب). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:25:11) lil'awwābīna to those who often turn (to Him)
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (17:25)

The analysis above refers to the 25th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving.

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 hamza wāw bā

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