The fifth word of verse (19:42) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and interrogative noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (19) sūrat maryam (Mary) (19:42:5) lima Why
P – prefixed preposition lām INTG – interrogative noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (19:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 19 (sūrat maryam):

Sahih International: [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

See Also

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

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