The sixth word of verse (17:42) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and relative pronoun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:42:6) kamā as
P – prefixed preposition ka REL – relative pronoun	جار ومجرور

Verse (17:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Say, [O Muhammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."

See Also

• English Translations
• Subordinate Clauses
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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